Fab Freebie: What’s In A Name?
*** This giveaway is now closed – see who won below! ***
After 10,000 interesting name origin stories, random.org has selected our winners as… Beth (who says “my dad picked it out and to this day I’m whole heartily a daddy’s girl.”) and Chelsea (who’s name story is: “My parents got my name from the 1981 movie, On Golden Pond. ‘Chelsea’ was played by Jane Fonda”) Congrats!
I realize from the name Online Fabric Store, you might have trouble guessing what this online store sells, so allow me to solve that mystery for ya. Fabric! And seemingly every kind of fabric – like upholstery, decor, quilting, apparel and even garden fabric. Which means that this week’s two winners (who are each getting $250 to spend there) could tackle anything from sewing some pillow covers or making a duvet to redoing the curtains in an entire room. And the cool thing about their system is that the more yardage you buy, the cheaper each yard gets – and once you get over that $50 mark, your shipping in the US is free.
- PRIZE: A $250 gift card to Online Fabric Store
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “FABRIC ME!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: …what’s the meaning behind your name? Does it carry some special significance within your family? Or is there a cool story behind how your parents picked it? Have you always wished it was something else?
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
- PRIZE SHIPS: Wahoo, this giveaway is available worldwide!
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winners. Good luck…
- ***COMMENT ISSUES? If you’re trying to enter but keep getting a “duplicate comment” warning, click here to see how to solve it!
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Online Fabric Store.
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FABRIC ME! My mom named me after her younger sisters childhood friend. She would take the two of them to pre school every day and my mom just loved this little girl, and loved the name because of her!
FABRIC ME! My name means beautiful song or something like that.
Fabric me! Please I want to make cool curtains! My name is Irish like my grand mom.
FABRIC ME!! I have no idea where my name came from! I always wanted a cool Italian name.
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I was named after my mother’s cousin in Germany. EVERYONE get’s my name pronounced wrong :). It’s like mike-ah.
Fabric me! I love to sew!! My parents chose my name because it wasn’t something that could be abbreviated into a nickname. I am forever grateful and love my name. My husband and I have names picked out for our nonexistent kids that follow this rule as well!
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I desperately need some curtains for my bedroom!
And what’s in my name? Not much. It doesn’t get any more significant than the fact that it is a biblical name and it sounds nice! That doesn’t explain why I get called ‘Rachel’ rather than ‘Rebecca’ at least 30% of the time, though. I blame ‘Friends’ :)
FABRIC ME! My name is an old Swedish name and my mother is Swedish and liked the name.
Fabric Me! My mom spent time in Switzerland and fell in love with German names…..it means “honorable”
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My name doesn’t really mean anything to anyone and that is why it has always been so very important to me to give my children names with meaning and a story.
FABRIC ME! No special meaning behind my name, although when I was younger I feel like I heard that my older sister picked my name out of some options…who knows if that was actually the case.
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I’m Gisela, which is from German ancestry, meaning pledge or arrow. It’s the latin version of Giselle. I’ve always liked my name and wouldn’t change it.
FABRIC ME! :) my name means “father’s joy,” which i’ve always loved. and my name came to my mom in a dream while she was pregnant… and immediately trumped the other classic 70′s names they’d been considering (like sarah and heather).
FABRIC ME! My parents gave me a long Austrian name and my nickname (pronounced Ahh-nee) is after my Great Aunt, Tante Annie (“Tante” is German for “aunt”). She died when I was about ten. Anyway, now my nieces and nephews call me “Tante Annie” and it’s pretty cool to have that name because I loved my own Tante Annie!
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My last name means ‘from the forest’.
FABRIC ME! I have no clue what my name means… I was supposed to be named “Skye” but my dad was a pilot and hated it. I was an emergency C-section bc of complications. After my dad saw all that my mom went through to have this baby e told her she could name me whatever she wanted. He was sure she’d pick “Skye” but to hi surprise my mom changed her mind on the operating table to “Lindsey”… a name they had never once discussed.
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Fabric Me! My mom’s a librarian, and she got my name from the title of a book that she was shelving: The Mysterious Caitlin McIver. Thanks for the giveaway!
FABRIC ME! I have no idea why I am named what I am.
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My parents were planning on naming me Jennifer Lynn, until my aunt suggested Monique, since she thought it would go good with my last name. And I love it! I’m so glad that I got a name a little more unique than Jennifer.
FABRIC ME! No special meaning for my name but it was a down to the wire decision…I was ALMOST Jessica! :)
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My name has no particular meaning – but using the NameVoyager Baby Name Wizard I discovered that it was enormously popular right around when I was born. So my parents pretty well followed the crowd.
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Nothing exciting with my name unfortuately…
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MY Dad picked it out and to this day I’m whole heartily a Daddies girl.
“FABRIC ME!” my first name is Tammy which was chosen because my mom babysat for a little girl when she was a teenager and loved her and the name. My middle name is Lee which my mom chose because it was the name of a close friend of the family that had passed away.
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My Dad named my after the song “Georgia on my mind”; the Ray Charles version, not the Willy Nelson one.
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I love my name now….it’s seems to perfectly fit me. But in typical teenage style, I hated it! I was almost a Danielle, kinda after my mom(mom’s name is Dana), but I’m glad they chose Courtney instead.
Fabric Me! I was named after a street in the city where I was born.
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My first name has no fun story, but my last name is kinda cool. It’s Coelho which is Portuguese for ‘rabbit’! My mom collects little rabbit figurines because of it. Oh, and everyone thinks I’m related to the author, Paulo Coelho. He’s Brazilian and I’m Portuguese, but that’s close enough right??
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Megan means “Pearl” – My parents picked it because they didn’t know any others at the time… I ended up having several others as classmates :)
FABRIC ME!!! My mom named me based on my grandfather’s initials. He died before I was born so knowing that we have that in common makes me feel close to him.
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Not sure about where my name came from but I always wanted something a bit more exotic, there was always another Kristen in my class!
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My name in spanish means “of the sea.” Both my parents had best friends named Marisa when growing up (my mom is from Argentina and my dad from California). So, when I was born, they both new that’s what my name had to be! (I pronouce it with the long e sound like Lisa, not the short i sound as in Melissa).
FABRIC ME! My name is quite fitting for this giveaway since it means “maker of clothes.” :) My parents just heard it around and liked it!
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My middle name (Lee) is my grandfather’s name and was his father’s name, too. When I was a little girl, I hated that everyone would ask if my parents got my name from Jamie Lee Curtis. As an adult, I’ve really come to enjoy the family history.
Fabric Me! My dining room chairs are dying for some new seats!
My name is my aunts first and middle name reversed. She is one of the strongest, most creative women I know and I am glad to be named after her!
FABRIC ME!! My parents really liked my name and then gave me my middle name after my grandma.
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There is no great story about my name, I was either going to be Michelle or Michael.
My mother, Debbie, was named after Deborah Harry, which I find hysterical!!
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I was named after an uncle (I guess Courtney is originally a boy’s name).
FABRIC ME! My name is just a name the parents liked!
FABRIC Me! No special meaning to my name. It’s hard to feel special when I went to school with at least three other “Heather”s. That said, I was supposed to be Kyle or Courtney so I guess I’m special that I inspired the change when they met me. :)
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My parents just liked my name. I wondered if they did it because my grandma’s name is virginia and they wanted to stick with a state theme, but they say that’s not why. :)
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No special meaning, but my dad’s name is John, so I guess they went with a variation on the “Junior” theme…
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My name is from the Bible, and usually a man’s name, but my mother loved it for a girl. So since I was the last one, I got the name she loved most!
Fabric me! My middle name was after my dads good friend that passed away shortly before I was born.
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Named after the World War I song about KkkKaty and her soldier, brave and true
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My full maiden name was Mary Alexandra. My grandmother and all her 7 sisters were Mary _____. I go by Allie, which was my great grandmothers name.
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My mom picked my name (didn’t like what my dad selected) and it was the name of someone she really admired.
what I’m more curious about is the origin of this question! usually it has something to do with the giveaway; are you riffing off the store’s name or is name selection on your minds right now???