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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!
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- 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…
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Mathew says
FABRIC ME! No special meaning behind my name, other than I am the ONLY male in my family not to have the family middle name. Makes me wonder… :)
Kim T. says
FABRIC ME! My name came from an actress in a play that my parents went to see. Not that they especially loved the actress, they just liked the name!
Jessica T says
FABRIC ME! Just a name, a very common one with no fun story.
Kathy Krueger says
FABRIC ME! My parents named me after the Molly Kathleen Gold Mine in Colorado. They dropped the Molly and kept the Kathleen.
Sara M. says
FABRIC ME!! My mother picked my name – for no reason other than she loved it. They threw in a tweak with the no “h” at the end though. :)
Briton says
FABRIC ME!
Briton is my great, great grandfathers middle name but my grandfather gave my mom the incorrect spelling so you could say its not really a family name! I love it though because no one else has the same name!
Elizabeth says
FABRIC ME!!! :-)
Kristy Dougherty says
FABRIC ME…I just bought a new house and need to make drapes! My could not agree on a name so they threw their top choices in a hat and pulled one out. I could have been Amy, Margaret or Gretchen, but Kristy was the winner.
Victoria says
FABRIC ME!!
My name means ‘victory’ or ‘conquer’
Kandace says
My name came from an elderly woman that my mom waited on when she worked at Big Boys/Azars.
Laura says
Fabric me!!!!!
Laura was my mom’s cousin’s name. Boring story. Boo!
Ginger M. says
FABRIC ME!!
My First name is Ginger. I am named after my Aunt, who is Virginia but went by the nickname Ginger because her mother (my grandmother) was also Virginia but used the name Ginny. I hope to have a daughter one day and name her Virginia and go by the nickname Ginny. I love having a different name that has history from our family.
Barbara says
FABRIC ME!
I’m a third generation Barbara – first daughter born down my mother’s side of the family. My daughter is Barbara the 4th. Funny enough, my husband is Paul the 3rd, and we’re currently expecting another child, so we’re hoping it will be a boy and we’ll name him Paul the 4th. We’re a family who likes our name traditions!
Stephanie says
FABRIC ME! Nothing special here, it was a popular name when I was born, grew up with many in my classes!
Ris says
FABRIC ME! I was named after a French film actress that my mother loved.
Veronika says
FARBIC ME!
When my parents picked out my name they had three things in mind:
– has to sound good with my last name
– has to end on an a
– and the best one: they didn’t want any low letters in my name (the correct term might be decenders?)like y, p, g.
And I am very happy with my name, it’s not a family name or anything though.
Love from Germany,
Veronika
Nicole says
FABRIC ME! I was supposed to be named Rachel, but my mom switched it to Nicole after I was born. She said I just didn’t look like a Rachel. :)
Alison U. says
FABRIC ME! Funny story about my name: my Dad originally spelled it Allison on my birth certificate. My mom quickly fixed it to Alison, since, as I like to say, my name it AL-ison, not ALL-ison. :)
kim says
FABRIC ME!!! My name means third treasure in the family. I’m third in the siblings.
Donna says
FABRIC ME!!
My parents thought I was going to be a boy and be named after my dad, Donald. Once I emerged as a girl and they hadn’t considered any girl names, they came to the decision to just change my name to the girl version of Donald, Donna!
Renee says
Fabric me! My mom majored in French and always liked the name “Renee,” which means “reborn.” When she was pregnant with me, she became a Christian and decided the name she always liked had the perfect meaning.
Krista says
FABRIC ME!
My Mom really wanted to name be Kristina instead of Krista but my dad was afraid that people would shorten it to Kris and I would be confused for a boy. I always wished she had done this because in my high school of only 250 people there were 9 Krista’s. One summer I worked as a lifeguard with with 2 other Krista;s which cause quite a bit of confusion!
Jessica says
FABRIC ME!
My first name has no significance but my middle name does. I was the first grandchild on both sides of the family so my parents named me after both of my grandmothers. My middle name is Maryanna (Mary and Anna are my beloved gmas!)
Sara says
FABRIC ME!!
I’m named after my aunt/biblical (First name) Sara and my great-grandmother (middle name) Linnéa
Andrea says
Fabric Me! My first name was my parents’ back up choice after a friend of theirs named their daughter their first option.
Izabela says
FABRIC ME!
my name was given to me by my Grandfather.
Natalie S. says
FABRIC ME! I was named after my mom, which is pretty fun.
Lmc says
Fabric Me. I was named after my mom’s beloved grandmother.
Brady says
Fabric Me!!
My parents “don’t remember” where my name came from! My dad just heard it one day and liked it. They also don’t remember what my name would have been if I was a boy. First child = winging it, apparently! People get it wrong all of the time and/or think I’m a boy.
Eileen says
“FABRIC ME!” My name is Eileen and I was named after my great Aunt Eileen, who was one of the most wonderful people who ever lived. She was kind and loving and funny. I remember when Freddie Prinze Jr. was in tons of movies and she had the hots for him, which I thought was hilarious.
Erin says
FABRIC ME!
My name means Ireland. My brother’s name is Scott…as a child I thought it must mean we were Irish and Scottish. Not so much!
Stacy says
FABRIC ME!
My name means “Resurrection”. I love the meaning, but don’t love the name :) Let’s put it this way–I don’t think any of my grandchildren will be named after me.
Collin says
Fabric Me!
No glamorous story, my parents just really liked the name.
Brittany says
FABRIC ME! My parents named me Brittany because the nurses at the hospital didn’t like their other choice . . .
Samantha says
Fabric me! My middle name is Anne and every girl in my family has the same middle name. No originality here! =)
nick says
FABRIC ME!
Sarah says
“Fabric Me”!! My name means Princess. Of course, Sara, without the h on the end means something totally different. So, I remind my husband that I was born a “Princess”. haha…but growing up I always wanted my name to be Jennifer. I just thought she sounded prettier than Sarah. :)
Corinne says
FABRIC ME!
My parents thought I was going to be a boy, so they picked the name “Cori”. When it turned out that I was a girl, so they just stuck the “nne” on the end. But they still called me Cori…
Katy Schiele says
FABRIC ME! Named after my mom’s two sisters.
Richelle says
Fabric Me! My dad was listening to a lot of Rickie Lee Jones when my mom was pregant and liked the name but my mom didn’t want her girl to be Rickie so they settled on Richelle Leigh.
Erin says
FABRIC ME!
My name means Ireland, I think. My parents were worried it would be too unique. Little did they know I would have four Erin’s in my grade at school!
ABC says
FABRIC ME!! Don’t know why I was named Anne, but am glad it was with an “e”. Ann seems too split-level suburban Rob and Laura Petrie-ish.
Rachel says
Fabric me!! My mom named all of her dolls Rachel when she was a little girl and always knew that would be her first daughter’s name. A funny story is that her older sister was pregnant, went in to deliver her baby and had twins (surprise!) So she asked my mom if she could name one of her daughters Rachael, so there are two in our family.
Stefanie says
FABRIC ME!
My name means “crowned one”… so true. So true.
RLB says
FABRIC ME!
I’m a junior, so the significance is my dad. :)
jess says
Fabric Me!
My great grandfather loved Jesse James and that era, so he went by Jesse. My Parents named me in part after him.
Lizzy K. says
Fabric me! My parents say there is not reason. But it was my great-grandmother’s middle name. My grandparents gave my mom my great-grandmother’s (her grandma’s) first and (almost) middle name, but they shortened the middle to a nickname version. Mom always wondered why they did that. So she gave the full middle name to me. Also, I was born in a hospital of the same name, so I have always been curious.
Anne Shade says
FABRIC ME!!!
No special story to my name. My parents just wanted to pick a short name since our last name was long.
Sam Kelly says
FABRIC ME!
I was named after Heather Locklear’s character Sammy Jo on Dynasty. I really enjoy names that can be shortened to traditionally boy names, like mine. So I’m OK with it. :)
Ada says
FABRIC ME! My name is Ada Elizabeth and I actually go by Ada Beth (the little southern girl coming out in me when I tell you that). My first name is after my great Aunt and my middle is my mother’s middle name. My dad insisted upon a double name for me, therefore, I am Ada Beth!