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[Opinions] Petal or Rainbow
For a daughter. Has to be one or the other.Bonus points for thinking of a middle name. "And by the way, dearie, your punctuation sucks canal water!"
-The Ghost of Vivian Vance
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Rainbow Aurora. :-PIn honor of Holly Madison. It's just too bad the baby's last name won't be Rotella. Rainbow Aurora Rotella is so perfect, especially if my child ends up stuttering.
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Petal Jane "PJ"Actually Petal is growing on me more and more by the second. I love Gretel so it's an easy sell
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Petal. Can't really think of a middle name. Rose Petal if she can have her middle name first.
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Petal. I love it.
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Rainbow. I just like the sound of it more than I like the sound of Petal. Also it doesn't have the soft, limp feel of Petal.Rainbow Janice. Why the hell not?------------------------------------------------------------------------

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I can actually see Petal working in the UK. I used to have Rainbow on my guilty pleasure list, because I like the sound of Rain and Bow. I think I'd go for Petal. Petal Henrietta Sally.
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Rainbow, like the band
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Petal is unbearably sentimental! Rainbow isn't much better, but Rain definitely trumps Pet as a nn, so Rainbow it is.Rainbow Rose (very William Blake)
Rainbow Melody
Rainbow Griselda
Rainbow Susan
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Definitely Rainbow because Petal is waaay too precious. I'd call her Rain and try to forget about the 'bow' ending.
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WellAt first I was all "totally Petal. Petal has a quirky sort of respectability and restraint to it, and puts me in mind of woodland fairytales and animals with good manners. Rainbow is so brash and obvious and tacky, it's a Lisa Frank day-glo disaster". But dwelling on Rainbow's outrageousness actually made me fond of it. It's so unapologetically itself. It's like a punk rock unicorn. There's something about Petal that almost seems embarrassed of itself, like it comes with a built-in apology. I respect Rainbow's preposterousness.Also as a North American, the word "petal" in my accent is not nearly so sweet and pretty as the word itself looks. Saying it out loud: "PED-ull"...it's just not pleasing and brings to mind car parts or animals peeing on rugs. Though I also mispronounce Rainbow regularly - it always comes out like "Raimbow" - it's still nicer than poor flatfooted Petal. IN CONCLUSION Rainbow Amanda
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There's something about Petal that almost seems embarrassed of itself, like it comes with a built-in apology. I respect Rainbow's preposterousness.This! Thank you.
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Rainbow. I actually like Rainbow, it's a GP. Petal is way to frail.
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Just one petal? not a whole flower? I think that's why I don't like the name. Preferred the Whole Rainbow.
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Petal for sure. I already like Petal a lot. Petal Hannelore
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Petal for sure. I already like Petal a lot. Petal Hannelore
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Ok, I have to admit, I actually like these names! Rainbow only for a mn, but Petal I could see as a fn, so I'm going with Petal Jemima or Petal Martha.
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PetalIt doesn't sound strange on a girl as Rainbow does.
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PetalI actually don't hate Petal. I call my youngest niece Petal (Gretel) Petal Firefly Moonbeam Saffron Sky
lol.
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It is a hard choice but I have to go with Rainbow, the nicknames and meaning are better! Though I like Pethalia which is a name I made up for one of my characters!
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Rainbow.Rainbow Dawn.
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Petal Anne
Petal Christine
Petal SophiaPetal Anne Nicole
Petal Olivia Hope
Petal Kapri Ivory
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This is just mean. I'd probably go with Petal, because it's easier to pronounce where I live and most people here wouldn't even know that it's flower related.
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Rainbow Maeve
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Petall'm a fan of Petal. Petal Josephine is my go to combo for it.
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Ha.
I was thinking about saying 'Petal Josephine' as well, but then got lazy and decided not to mention a MN at all. :)
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Hi !!!Rainbow !!!!
It is a magical name!
I can see it as a full name without problems...Petal has a nice meaning...but a horrible sound imo.Byeeeeeeeeeeee
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Rainbow
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