Petunia
About Petunia
Literary heritage: the "Loony Tunes" girlfriend of Porky Pig. But with the increasing popularity of all kinds of unusual botanical names, Petunia may be a name we start to hear more of. Perhaps-more-pleasing Petunia alternatives: Petal, Posy, Poppy.
As of October 2026, Petunia ranked #11863 in US births in 2024 SSA.
Editor's take: The name Petunia is a girl's name of English origin meaning "trumpet-shaped flower".
Popularity & trends
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Petunia.
- Tulip
- Buttercup
- Daffodil
- Maxina
- Pansy
- Glinda
- Bluebell
- Velvet
- Peach
- Valentine
- January
- Apple
- Petal
- Ginger
- Buffy
- Bambi
- Peony
- Strawberry
- Tigerlily
- Vanity
Petunia on lists
Petunia in pop culture
- Petunia Evans Dursley
Harry's aunt in the Harry Potter series
- Petunia "Pete
" main character In Caitlin Kittredge's "Black London" series
- Petunia Pig
Porky's girlfriend in the Looney Tunes series
- "Petunia
" 2012 film about a family surnamed Petunia
- Petunia
puppet in Disney's "Meet the Robinsons"
- Petunia Grimm
aunt of The Thing in Fantastic Four comics
- Petunia
skunk character in animated series "Happy Tree Friends"
- Miss Petunia
the Bathing Beauty, pig in video game "Luigi's Mansion"
- Petunia Rhubarb
character in animated series "VeggieTales"
- Joe and Petunia
characters in a series of British public information films
- Petunia
a tattoo on Little Pete's arm depicting a woman in a red dress on TV series "The Adventures of Pete & Pete"
- Petunia
nickname of Yo Yo Ma's cello
- "Luna Petunia
" Netflix children's animated TV program