Birdie’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Birdie
Give Birdie a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Birdie's Notebook has her name in elegant script over a pink watercolor apple blossom cover.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Birdie's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Birdie come from?
Birdie is a diminutive of Bertha, Bernice and other names with a similar sound, says Behind the Name, or sometimes simply comes from the English word bird. Wikipedia describes it as an informal English diminutive of bird, with spellings such as Birdee, Birdy and Byrdie, and notes it has been used in the United States since at least the 1800s, both as a nickname for names such as Elizabeth and as a formal name.
Other forms of Birdie
Behind the Name lists Bertha, Bernice, Berniece, Alberta, Roberta and Veronica among the full forms behind Birdie, and Bertie among English relatives. Wikipedia adds the spelling variants Birdee, Birdy and Byrdie.
Well-known Birdies
Birdie Amsterdam, born March 25, 1901, and died July 8, 1996, was an attorney and judge in New York City. Wikipedia says she grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, went to law school at night while working as a record-keeper at Mount Sinai Hospital, became the first woman judge of the New York City Municipal Court in 1940, and in 1958 became the first woman justice of the New York State Supreme Court.
Birdie’s popularity
Birdie ranked 168th in the 1880s in the Social Security decade tables, with about 1,240 girls. Wikipedia says it was among the top 1,000 for American girls between 1880 and 1940, then faded before rising again. Behind the Name’s US chart shows it back at 1,000th in 2020 and up to 670th in 2025.
A few more things about Birdie
Some commentators, Wikipedia notes, link Birdie’s comeback to a wave of cheerful, cute names that parents may be choosing in reaction to serious times. A Birdie today shares her name with a 19th-century nickname and a 21st-century trend at once.
Gift ideas with Birdie in mind
- For a bird watcher. A field journal for sightings, songs and feeders.
- For a golfer. A scorecard notebook for rounds and best holes.
- For Earth Day. A nature diary for walks, nests and spring migrations.
- For Christmas. A cheerful holiday journal for Birdie.
A notebook for every Birdie
Birdie’s Notebook works just as well for a teenager as for a grandmother. It’s 6" x 9", which fits in most bags, with 160 lined pages and no printed layout to work around. Use it as a diary, a school notebook, a planner or a place to collect quotes and ideas. A name on the cover turns an everyday notebook into something personal.
Why choose a personalized notebook?
A plain notebook is useful. One with her name on it is a gift. Seeing “Birdie’s Notebook” on the cover tells Birdie it was chosen for her, not grabbed off a shelf, and that small touch is often what makes people keep a notebook going instead of abandoning it after a week.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Birdie’s Notebook? 6" x 9", or about 15.2 x 22.9 cm. It’s a paperback with 160 lined pages inside.
Where do I buy it? Birdie’s Notebook is available on Amazon, which prints each copy to order and looks after delivery and refunds.
Do you have other names? We do, hundreds of them. Browse all name notebooks or read how to find a name on our personalized name notebooks page.
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