Any thoughts on Petra?

[comeonbishbosh]

Just mulling on it for expected new arrival. Unusual but no unheard of, shortish, easy to spell.

My DD is called Iris, if that helps. And we don't live in the NE, so not too many people being referred to as 'pet' round here!

I know a little (7 year old) Petra: lovely girl. I think it's a nice name even though, personally, I think of the dog too (because I am so old). None of her peers (or indeed her teachers, or other mothers) do so, yes, go for it!

Really like Petra - very cool and quite unusual without being "made up".

Goes well with Iris too.

And I'm 39 and did not think "Blue Peter dog"!

It's a lovely feminine but not twee name - rather like Iris, in fact. I like it.

Love it, cute, cool and dignified.

The 'blue Peter dog' generation must be 45+ so maybe some teachers but few parents and no children will be aware. I think of Petra Kelly, German green leader (sticky end but inspirational in life) and generally just like it.

Thanks everyone!
I think the dog connection is not a biggie for me. After all, in one memorable year when I was a kid, my dog's name was in the top ten girl's names, and my sister's name in the top 10 dogs names!

Classier version of Jordan!

Sorry, that is the Blue Peter dog.

And I'm not 45+!

But Selky, you might think of the dog but do you actually remember her? I'm 39 and, watching from about 5, saw the latter days of Shep and some years of Goldie. So maybe the cut off is 43... Anyway!

"A rose-red city half as old as time"

Ah, extensive research (Wikipedia) tells me that Petra the dog retired in 1977. So I only missed her by about a year. Didn't mean to be insulting people about their age!

Love it.

It's my cousin's name and she is really lovely. Her's is pronounced Pey-tra rather than Pet-ra though, she's not from the UK. I used to hear them call the on Blue Peter and think they weren't saying it properly.