Name: Petula
Gender: Female
Usage: Petula, of latin origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Petula are in general originating from United Kingdom.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Petula is: Impatient.
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Numerology of the first name Petula: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Petula is ranked on the 22,782nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 9000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Petula has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Petula is a female given name of only occasional usage but well-known on account of British entertainer Petula Clark.
Petula may also refer to: Namesakes
- Petula Louise "Patty" Brard, Dutch-Indonesian entertainer
- Dawn Petula Butler, British Labour Party politician
- Petula Dvorak, columnist for The Washington Post
Fictional characters
- Petula, lead character played by Rachel Weisz in the 2000 film Beautiful Creatures
- Petula, character played by Hayley McFarland in three episodes of the Showtime dramedy United States of Tara
- Petula, Disney comic character being the sister of Pete and hostess of the cooking show Petula's Pantry
- Petula, lead character and iconic image for the Molly Moon series of children's novels by Georgia Byng, being the title character's pet pug
- Petula Giordino, character played by Julie Walters in the BBC One sitcom dinnerladies
- Petula Lorry, one-shot character in the DC comic series Batman, being featured in Issue 287 (May 1977)
- Petula the Parrot, African parrot in the Belgian cartoon series 64 Zoo Lane
In music
- Petula, 1968 album release by Petula Clark
- "It's Up to You, Petula", 1971 single by Edison Lighthouse
English: of uncertain origin, not used before the 20th century It is possibly a coinage intended to mean ‘supplicant, postulant’, from Late Latin petulāre to ask, or there may be some connection with the flower name petunia. Alternatively, it may be an elaboration of the vocabulary word pet used as a term of endearment, with the suffix -ula abstracted from names such as Ursula.
Short form: Pet.
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