P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Freebie Friday! Did everyone enjoy “meeting” little Cooper yesterday? Isn’t he a sweetheart? I must say, spring is definitely the season for babies…at least in my world right now!
My cousin and his wife welcomed their baby boy Nixon Bradley five days after Cooper was born. And my girlfriend Ann is due any day now with her first boy. I was hoping he would come on my birthday earlier this week, but the little guy is being stubborn and holding out for a cooler day. Maybe he’ll come on St. Patrick’s Day, just like my sister did 31 years ago!
With babies and birthdays clearly occupying my mind, I thought I would look up the origin and meaning of my own name. Even though I’m not of direct Irish descent, I know that the name “Kelly” is in fact Irish. According to BabyNamesWorld.com, my name means “war, strife, bright-headed”. One out of three adjectives ain’t bad, unless, of course, “bright-headed” refers to the color of my head and not what’s inside it! Sigh. I was really holding out for “warrior princess”…
Fortunately, the luck of the Irish was all over our resource book A Card a Day! For those of you of not familiar with this publication, essentially it’s a book with 365 card ideas – one for each day of the year. Doesn’t that sound like fun?
This Lucky Friend Card comes from birthday girl Betsy Veldman.
I'm so making Alli Miles' Lucky Card for my sister's birthday!
I love the sentiment on Shanna Vineyard's cute Shamrock Card.
Are you feeling the need to create something green? Then it’s your lucky day! I’ve got one giant green prize package! Leave a comment telling me the origin of your name (feel free to visit the web site I cited above) and one person will take home Little Yellow Bicycle’s Lucky Me collection. All comments must be received by midnight (MDT) on Sunday, March 14.
One winner will take home this Lucky Me collection from Little Yellow Bicycle!
Happy Friday!
Kelly
P.S. Hop on over to the Get Sketchy blog to see editor Susan Opel’s lovely green card! And join us on Monday as we show you more card examples of the green persuasion. Perhaps there will even be some shades of “Kelly” Green!
my name is Greek coming from the God of wine
My name is derived from Greek, and it has something to do with the moon.
Thanks for the chance to win! I’m feelin’ lucky.
Hello Kelly,
My brother shares the birthday with your sister. You are a girl with a Irish name and I have a lot of Irish in me and don’t have a Irish name.
Even have the red hair to go with it. LOL
Phillane is Greek and means friend to mankind. Which is why my Mother named me this, besides we all start with Phil. All have the same 3 initials as our father. P.E.H. Who was as you guessed it, Phil.
I hope it is a lucky name and I win this wonderful green prize.
Great prize! The origin of my name is French and means loved.
The origin of my name is Germanic, and it means strong woman.
my name is Mei Ling which means beautiful forrest in chinese
my name means “rational” boring right? Its also the name of a bright yellow flower, alyssum.
I’ve heard that Tanja comes from the name of a Russian saint… not sure where she got it, though! From googling it seems Tanja is short for Tatiana, which is the feminine form of a Roman family clan name, Tatius. Tanja could also come from Titania, meaning “giant”. Ouch!
What a fun site. Of course I looked up all of my families names as I haven’t done that since we were deciding on names! My name’s origin is Hebrew. Thanks for the fun site and a chance to win!
My mom spelled Denise a little different; she didn’t want people to pronounce my name and call me Dennis.
Origin of my name is Greek. Means God of wine; mountain of Zeus.
My name Stephanie means “crown of jewels” – love that meaning! I would be oh so lucky to receive this prize. Hope I win!
Stephanie is of Greek origin meaning crown … I guess that sort of makes me the queen right?? … thanks for the chance to win some Yellow Bicycle goodies.
The origin of my name is Latin……seems that I lose in the popularity contest………yes product of the 50′s……..but my name is a shortened form for Laurence….which was my dad’s name……all I could see for meaning is Laurel………….hmmmmmmm what exactly does that mean???????
So “GREAT PRIZE”……………………would love to win!
Laurie VF
My name means nothing since my mom chose to spell it a unique way
I think the original Lindsay name is derived from “the Linden trees.” Never thought that was very exciting. I looked up it up at the website and it said it mean “dark island” and it apparently is a masculine name in Scotland. 
My name comes from Guinevere, which is Welsh, and it means fair, white.
Okay so I can’t leave the origin of my name since it is unknown on the site you cited along with many others that I have checked, instead I thought I’d write that I was named after my mom’s best friend from high school.
Hopefully that still qualifies me!!:)
Thanks,
Darla
“Follower of Christ”…hum
My origin is apparently Hebrew, Greek and English! Ha ha. And they all state “God is a vow” as the meaning. Growing up I always saw the meaning to be “consecrated to god”, guess they way it is stated has changed.
lisa a.
Great giveaway!! I looked up my name and it is varied lol. Italian for sweetest … then there was Danish … Hebrew woman from Magdala. There was also a reference to “Little one” … a reference to Greek “dark and mysterious” … and finally a medical reference that involves POO lol!!
My name is Catherine and is of Greek origin meaning pure.
The truth is……I was born at St. Catherine’s hospital and when the nurse asked what my mom would like to name me…….she couldn’t think of anything so I was named after the hospital…..oh, well.
Linda means pretty in Spanish. Couple that with my last name, which means forever, and I consider myself one lucky gal. Thanks for the chance.
My maiden (and favorite) last name is Kelly. My great-grandparents came over from County Mayo or County Sligo in Ireland in the mid 1850s. Needless to say, green is my favorite color, in any shade!
I was named after my mother, Patricia, which means “noble, well-born.” Not too bad, hmm?
Christine is “follower of Christ” but there is a funny story behind my name. My mom, always a kidder – knew I was going to be a C-section baby and chose to have me on 3/17. Seeing that there are red heads in our family and she chose that day, he figured my name would have to be Irish so he was starting to prepare the birth certificate. The doctor’s name, by the way, was Dr. Aide! Anyway, before she went under the anesthesia – Dr. Aide asked her what Patricia’s middle name would be. Mom looked at him and said no – her name will be Christine – Patricia is “too pat” of a name for the day. Of course everyone was laughing about the pun of “too pat of an answer.” So, when she woke up he asked her how did she come up with that name and she told him about this sort of homeless bag lady in our neighborhood and how she used to put out food for her as she would never come in when mom would invite her. That lady’s name was Christine my mom found out and decided that would be my name and I would always have a friend to help me out. Mom’s name was Marjorie and that meant Pearl and I guess she was just a gem of a pearl of wisdom! I don’t know but I sure miss her and my dad. Now, that I am sort of sad, I will find my shamrock bracelet my dad bought for me a zillion years ago so I have it ready to wear on Wednesday. Thanks for letting me spill my guts here!
Chris
My name is not a common name anymore and means:
Greek: High tower
Hebrew: Woman from Magdala; variation of Magdalene
English: Star of the sea
Greek: Child of light; from the high tower
English: Marshy meadow; woman from Magdala
English: Woman of Magdala
Diane is a form of Diana meaning divine-Roman Goddess of the moon-Greek goddess of the hunt-patroness of virgins, forests, and hunters.
Marie is Hebrew for bitter-French for Mary-Latin is Maria-derived from Miryam.
Very interesting!!
seriously awesome giveaway!!
I was named after my mom’s sister.
And according to that site:
Diana is derived from either an Indo-European root meaning “divine,” or from the Latin “diviana,” though neither theory is particularly well-sourced.
Diana was the Roman goddess of the moon who eventually took on the huntress identity of the Greek goddess Artemis. Diana was a patron of virgins, forests, and hunters.
The origin of my name is Hebrew. It means “God is my judge”. I married a man whos last name is from the clan of Mcfee. So I feel the luck of the Irish in my house!
Happy St. Patty’s day to everyone!!
My name is Irish. It means peace and girl from Ireland. I have a tattoo of a dove on the back of my neck that represents the peace.
my last name is GALLOWAY as in ‘Galway Bay’
I would love to make an Irish photo album in green hues of papers/embellesihments 
Charlene means feminine, which isn’t bad…but I never liked it til I grew up!
Nancy means “grace and favor.” I am named after my great-grandmother and never really liked the name, although I was crazy about her. Everyone close to me calls me Nan, which I am comfortable with.
Kristin Kramer Tierney
Kristin: Consecrated To God (greek) or Follower of Christ (latin)
Kramer: Shopkeeper (german)
Tierney: Noble or lordly (celtic)
So, I’m a Noble Nun that runs a shop….hummm
Lisa means ‘My God is a vow’. Not sure what that means though.
This has been so much fun seeing the meaning of everyone’s names.
Amy is from Frech origins and means “Beloved”.
The origin of my name is German and it means “Universal” or “Complete” and my middle name is Latin for “Joy” … so I guess that makes me Joyfully Complete
Lynne is English, and, evidently, meaningless!
It said my name origin is Greek and it means harvester.
It’s a good life!
Terri E.
Long time ago, I’ve checked the meaning of my name, Tenny.
From Tanner. Origin:English. Mean:Hard worker.
I really like that.
Well, I’m feeling lucky. Hoping to win this great giveaway.
Thanks
My name, Rhonda, is of English origin and means Rose; woman from Rhodes. But seriously, who would name a baby, Rhonda?
My name is Welsh and means white, fair, or blessed.
My name is Pamela and since the origin is not listed definitively. Says it could possibly mean honeyed sweetness. lol. Definitely not me hehe. But my first name means of God which was supposed to be my middle name but dad changed my name around when my mom was unconscious. Told him he better be glad he was married to a woman like me.
Margie…Greek origin, and the meaning is “Pearl”.Learned something new!
My name is Debra, meaning “The Bee” in Hebrew, I use a little bee on the back of my cards….
Adrienne – French. I was surprised to find that it was rated low – I actually love my name. Great prize – thanks for the chance to win!
Heather is English and means… Heather :> It’s actually a shrub/flower known as Calluna.
Adrienne, mine name as rated very low as well. It peaked in popularity the year after I was born; went downhill from there.
Great “lucky cards”!!
Blessings,
Christine
Well, Heather means heather…A flowering evergreen plant that thrives on peaty barren lands as in Scotland.
omg…my name is gaelic and means’ warlike/fierce’!!! is that why i am the ‘mean’ parent on teh block always yelling at the kids in my yard?? wow! who knew?
Okay, so I looked up my name, and apparently “Cari” is German in origin (makes sense, I have a lot of German ancestors) and it means “free man”. I’m going to interpret this my own way to mean “free woman”. Because I’m not a man. At least, not that I’ve noticed. At least I’m free! Yay!