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I've read about Tully being used as a nickname for Petula. Patty is a sweet nickname and Patti, Pattie and Patsy could be used as well. I think "Tula" (pronounced TYOO-la or TOO-la) could work for a nickname.
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"It's Up to You Petula" is a song by English band Edison Lighthouse. It was released as a non-album single, but was included on their 1971 debut release, Already.
The single became a modest international hit as a follow-up to the group's major hit during the previous year, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)". It reached number 49 in the UK and number 18 in New Zealand. It was a minor hit in the United States and Canada.
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The single became a modest international hit as a follow-up to the group's major hit during the previous year, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)". It reached number 49 in the UK and number 18 in New Zealand. It was a minor hit in the United States and Canada.
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Patty Brard (born Petula Brard) is a Dutch entertainer and entrepreneur of Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) descent. She is a TV personality and a singer notable as a former member of the girl group Luv'. For four decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid press.
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There are a couple dozen records of American Petulas in the 19th century that I've found on FamilySearch. That said, Petula Clark helped popularise the name, first in Britain from 1943 and then in America from 1965.
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I love this name because it reminds me of Victoria Wood's legendary sit-com, 'Dinnerladies' after Brenda's mother, Petula Gordino. Thus my username.
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Sounds like the Biblical Hebrew בְּתוּלָה (bĕthuwlah) meaning "maiden," ie youthful and fair as an unmarried girl, a virgin;
For example http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Bethulah_Francis_(1)
In Aramaic-Syriac ܒܬܘܠܬܐ (b't, uwlt'eh) means a chaste woman who has not yet given birth (or experienced menarch) and is the name in astrology, astronomy for Virgo (the constellation and zodiac sign); in Greek παρθένος (parthenos) as in the Parthenon temple to Athena (in Athens).
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For example http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Bethulah_Francis_(1)
In Aramaic-Syriac ܒܬܘܠܬܐ (b't, uwlt'eh) means a chaste woman who has not yet given birth (or experienced menarch) and is the name in astrology, astronomy for Virgo (the constellation and zodiac sign); in Greek παρθένος (parthenos) as in the Parthenon temple to Athena (in Athens).
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I just heard this name from the singer Petula Clark. It's kinda pretty.
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I think it's kind of unusual and unique, but it does remind me of the word petulant or petulance, which means rude. (When I first heard this name, I thought it came from that word).
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I think it's an adorable name! I used it for a pet frog. Yes, I do pronounce it pe-tyoo-la.
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I suppose this name is a Guilty Pleasure of mine. I think it sounds cute, vintage, but I'd certainly never use it. Who doesn't love a bit of "Downtown"? =)
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This name is ugly. It sounds like the name of a disease.
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Yuck! This names makes me think of "petulant," which is immature and childish.
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Americans would pronounce Petula as Petoola like they pronounce news as nooz, while the English, Australians and probably others would read it as Petyoola.
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Petula Clark pronounces it pe-TOO-lah, not pe-TYOO-lah.
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Petula Clark is a famous singer from the 1960's.
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