*** 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.
Nicole says
Fabric Me!
I was my parents third attempt for a boy. They were going to call me Nicholas and told the doctor to send me back when I arrived with the wrong equipment. Luckily they changed their minds, decided to keep me and called me Nicole instead.
Cori says
Fabric Me! My family is into recycling…especially when it comes to names, so both my first, middle, (and obiviously) last names come from those before me. I’m pretty happy with my name so I consider myself lucky.
gradgirl says
FABRIC ME!!! My name is an Irish feminine for “John,” so even though I’m a girl, I’m named after my father.
anna says
Fabric Me!
I was named after my great grandmother. I always loved the connection to the past, so I named my daughter after her great grandmother. When I told her she said she’d rather be named after Rapunzel. Everyone’s a critic.
Erin says
FABRIC ME! PLEASE!
My name is versatile I could’ve been Erin or Aaron, depending on which bits I came out with. My mom swears that she “just liked that name” and was not trying to match it to my older brother, Erick.
Beth Craig says
FABRIC ME! (Please!). I am excitedly planning our nursery for our first baby (a girl) and have been scouring the net for cool curtain and bumper fabrics, so this old be perfect. No exciting name story for me, I was named after my mom’s best friend!
Suzanne says
FABRIC ME!
I am named after my mother’s best friend growing up!
michelle k. says
FABRIC ME!
my name isn’t very special or unique… however, it was picked by my sister who was 3 at the time i was born. every one else in my family thought i’d pop out as a boy, so they only picked the name mark. my sister, knowing better, apparently told everyone for months that she’d have a baby sister named michelle. well, i’m a girl and my name is michelle. thank you sister.
Carly G. says
Fabric me! I’m named after my great-grandfather and great-grandmother. Also, my name is a combination of my parent’s names.
cappy says
FABRIC ME!
My name, Caprice, is actually one of my favorite things about me. It means something like sudden change of mind or I have even seen “freakish” for its meaning but love that it is somewhat different. My mother read a book about the Island of Capri and on the Island was a goddess named “Caprice”. She loved it so much and it became my name. I wish I can find this book-no such luck. It would be great to read the story.
Charlotte says
“FABRIC ME!”
My parents had 3 names picked out, all specifically chosen because they were international (we had family in Norway, The Netherlands and Australia (and now the US :))). One night, whilst driving home, my brother asks: So, when is Charlotte arriving? And that’s how they decided on that name. :)
Meagan says
FABRIC ME!
They were going to name me Emily, but 3 Emily’s were born on the same day and they didn’t want to take home someone else’s kid. Reagan was president, and they liked the pronunciation, so they dropped the R and added an M. Aaaand everyone still says it wrong. Ha!
Jenn says
FABRIC ME!
No real significance behind my name, but I think it would be cool to be an Amy or Olive or Sadie. When I was in school, Jennifer was the popular name and one year I had 3 Jennifers in my class. One of us got to be Jenn, one was Jenny, and one was Jennifer.
Rebekah says
FABRIC ME! My parents chose Rebekah as a Biblical name and spelled it the same way.
Irem says
FABRIC ME! My mother picked my name. She loved it and decided to name her first girl..
pebbles says
FABRIC ME!!
my name, Sana, means “praise”. unless you pronounce it wrong, then it means “year.”
Emily says
FABRIC ME!, Please. I’ve been dreaming about new curtains and my grandmother just gifted me a sewing machine to make it happen.
Alisa E says
FABRIC ME!
There’s no special meaning to my name. My mom just stuck an A in front of the name Lisa.
Erica says
FABRIC ME!
My name is Erica and the cool family significance is that the latin name “Erica” refers to the “Heather” plant and my sister’s first name is Heather. So technically we kind of have the same name.
Corinne says
FABRIC ME!
This is perfect, I am fabric and name obsessed! My first name was randomly chosen by my father, but my middle name is in honour of my late (young) Aunty. My first and maiden name translate to ‘Maiden Hunter’, which can be taken in a number of ways!
Cathie says
FABRIC ME! I was named after Catherine the Great, who my mom portrayed in a school play years before I was born.
The Distressed Mother says
Fabric me!
No story behind my name. But my daughter chose her middle name. I didn’t register her birth until it was time for her to go to school and needed a birth certificate. So she is ruby Lou.
Julianne says
FABRIC ME!
BONUS QUESTION: My parents chose my name because they were in the business for “J” names and there happened to be a gymnast in the Olympics that year named Julianne. My middle name has become significant to me because it is also the same as my husband’s middle name: Lee!
Kaity says
FABRIC ME!
My middle name is ‘Rose,’ a name my mom got from her favorite aunt.
Susie says
FABRIC ME!
I was named after two of my great-grandmothers. It’s funny because my older sister was named after a soap opera character!
Wendy says
FABRIC ME!
My name is a form of Gwendolyn, which was my grandmother’s name however, I was actually named after a cousin. Wendy was first used in the story Peter Pan.
meg o says
Fabric Me! My name Meg is chosen after my grandma, Margaret.
Lisa says
FABRIC ME!
My dad chose my name (and my younger sister’s name too) because he wanted short, simple, easy to pronounce and spell names. My mom chose the middle names for both of us. I used to look up my name in name books and dictionaries…it is a derivitive of Elizabeth. I never really wanted a different name, but would have been happy with a name that could have had a better nickname than LisaLou :)
Nicole Evans says
FABRIC ME!
My dad named me, and gave me the middle name Mary, after his mom’s mother. Great Grandma Mary was a “big mama”, always there to give a hug, advice, and a good meal, and she was a caring mother to thirteen children! I used to hate my first name, but I feel I’ve grown into it, and I hope to live up to my middle name someday!
Leanne says
Fabric me! My name is from family members lee, Anne, and hope. So I’m Leanne Hope!
Alicia says
FABRIC ME!
My parents just liked it I guess. :)
Sheralyn says
FABRIC ME!
I think my mom just heard my name and liked it – her middle name is Lynn so she always told me she decided to “Share-a-Lynn” (to which I would roll my eyes and secretly resent the fact that it was so different) I never could find a meaning but somehow she came across one in recent years and decided that was it: “beautiful”…I’ll take it!
Kristen says
FABRIC ME! My nickname,Kiki, was made up years ago by my baby sister and it just stuck!
Kathy says
FABRIC ME! My full name is Kathleen, but no one EVER calls me that. My parents have always called me Kathy, so I always wonder why they even bothered with the whole Kathleen business??!!
Karina says
FABRIC ME!
My name was a compromise between Marina (my dad’s wish) and Katharina (mum) – so Karina it is :-)!
Christine Leakey says
FABRIC ME!
No really cool story behind my name expect that my parents were expecting a boy so I was supposed to be Christopher!
Nicolene says
Fabric me! My parents heard it in a movie, and n
Knew it was right for me.
emily says
fabric me!! emily means industrious. but some books say it means rival, haha. (i hope i only entered once, my other entry didn’t go through i don’t think…)
Callie says
Fabric me!!!
My parents gave me a “real name” Catherine. But then never called me that–they’ve always called me Callie. I don’t even turn around for Catherine. But I guess I could always use it if I wrote a book or something and wanted to be “fancy.”
Abbey says
FABRIC ME!!
My name is just Abbey…not Abigale or anything amazing…boring ole Abbey. My mom didnt want people to call me Gail!! I think there was a girl that was mean to her when she was little that was named Gail. Thats all!
Miss Riss says
Fabric me.
My middle name is Anne after my grandmother. In my family the middle name is Anne for all the girls and Howes all for boys. Why do we use Howes? The story I heard (and it might just be a story) is that we are descendants from a man and his mistress. The mistress gave their son the sir name of his father for his middle name and insisted that all of his male children carry that name too. Wether or not its true the name Howes has been used this way for generations. As far as I know ALL of my boy cousins on that side of the family have it (and theres allot of them).
Aly Marcotte says
FABRIC ME!
My name is a nod to the Elvis Costello song Allison – still one of my favorites today!
Sara says
Fabric me! I don’t believe I know the story behind my name. I do know I have had about 5 Sara(h)s in every class or group I’ve been a part of! When it came to naming our own daughter, we picked a name that hasn’t been in the to 200 most popular within the last ten years to avoid what I grew up with!
Joel Willison says
FABRIC ME!
My name was just a random choice by my parents – my dad was pushing for Zeke, but they finally agreed on Joel.
eileen marie says
Fabric me!
Well my parents (my ma anyhow) obviously liked ethnic names, but I have no rightful idea why they chose eileen. I *think* my dad was pulling for Jacqueline! It means “Lady of Brightness” & is a form of the name “Helen”. 2 good anecdotes: My ma went by her middle name Pauline, & my sisters are Maureen & Kathleen -we all rhyme! Also “Marie” was put in the wrong box on my birth certificate, so many people call me eileen marie. (I also don’t capitalize my first or middle name -weird tick!)
Kay says
Fabric me!
Right now in the process of trying to find material for draperies in our computer room….such timing!
Family name……..first name on my father’s side, middle name on my French mother’s side………..all fine w/ me!!!
Cassidi says
FABRIC ME!!!
I was named after my Great Great Great Uncle Butch Cassidy (it was my Dad’s idea), but they decided to change the “y” to an “i” to make it more feminine.
Mirullia says
FABRIC ME!
Constance B. says
FABRIC ME! I am named after my dad’s ex-girlfriend. Not because of her but because my parents liked the name and what else goes with Abercrombie (seriously?)
Julia says
FABRIC ME!!
My dad always said he would name his daughter Kate, but when I was born Kate was such a popular name that my parents decided to go with Julia. Plus, I get a Beatles song attached to me now so that’s way cooler :)