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I haven't met a person with this name, but my friend has a cat named Petal.

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It is quite possible to "get away with it" though, for a person.

I had planned to name a pet rabbit Petal, but now unfortunately have developed an allergy (to rabbits, not the name!).

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I would not recommend it for a child.

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Have never met a Petal.

It's a bit twee as a given name. I think it's ok as a nn but to me it's like naming your kid Treasure or Sausage or Darling. I used to know one woman called Petal but it's a nn. Her real name is either Kerry or Carrie - apparently she was one of a few with the same name at a new workplace and they nicknamed her Petal after the book she was reading, which I think was 'Petals on the Wind' by Virginia Andrews lol. It definitely stuck - everyone calls her Petal.

No!

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Petal is a term of endearment, not a full name.

All I think of is THE "pedal".

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...So I can't say I like the name, and I don't find it aesthetic as a name, but: yes, I think you'd definitely get away with it. If you can call you child Lily or Willow, why not Petal? It's not "bucket" or "trunk", it's a nice thing, so I think it's OK. I just don't find it pretty at all. Oh, and I've never met anyone with this name, but a Petal something was mentioned in Gilmore Girls once, apparently an elderly lady who play golf or so, I don't remember it clearly anymore ;).

I think it's very cute, especially for a little girl, but to me it feels more like a nickname or term of endearment than a full name.

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I'd use Petal as a nickname for Petra if my DH would consider the name. I also would have used it if I'd had a daughter named any flower name. I love the idea of an Iris or Rose nicknamed Petal, Blossom, or Posy.

I think it's ok to use it, though I wouldn't use it myself. But it has its charm.

I look the look of it, but when I pronounce it, it sounds no different from pedal, which doesn't sound like a name at all.

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That's just me, though. Maybe others will get the "t" to come out more.

I plan on using Petal as a nickname for Petronel...

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It's the only way I could sell Petronel to my SO.

I don't like it seems nicknamey

I think it could work. It is similiar enough to names like Rose, Posy, Fleur, and Lily. I don't know that I would use it but it could definately work.

This message was edited 3/23/2009, 9:48 PM

very hippie-chic, but i suppose you could get away with it. ive never met anyone with this name, but theres was a character in an episode of Firefly named Petaline. thought that was kind of cute

Sure [m]

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I think it's sweet. No I haven't.

I think of Petal, more as a term of endearment. Not as a name, especially as a fn. Might be ok, as a mn. Also reminds me of, "pedal". How about, Petra?