Bobbie’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Bobbie
Bobbie's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Bobbie's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Bobbie: meaning and origin
Bobbie is a variant of Bobby, the pet form of Bob and Robert, says Behind the Name. For girls it can also be a diminutive of Roberta or Barbara.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Bobbi as a variant spelling. Because Bobbie can stand for Roberta or Barbara, related pet forms include Babs and Barbie.
Famous people named Bobbie
Bobbie Gentry was born Roberta Lee Streeter on July 27, 1942, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Wikipedia says she wrote her first song at seven and became one of the first female artists in the US to compose and produce her own material. She grew up on her grandparents’ farm, where her grandmother traded a milk cow for a neighbor’s piano. Her 1967 song “Ode to Billie Joe” spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and won her the 1968 Grammy for Best New Artist.
Is Bobbie a popular name?
Bobbie was a Depression-era favorite. US Social Security data has it at 126th in the 1930s, when more than 19,400 American girls were named Bobbie, and 159th in the 1940s. Behind the Name says it last made the US top 1,000 for girls in 1997, though it ranked 520th for girls in England and Wales in 2025.
Bobbie trivia
Bobbie the Wonder Dog walked home across America. Wikipedia says the collie mix got lost in August 1923 while his family was visiting relatives in Wolcott, Indiana. On February 15, 1924, he turned up at home in Silverton, Oregon, after a journey of about 2,551 miles. Silverton still remembers him with a yearly children’s pet parade, first held in 1932.
Gift ideas that suit a Bobbie
- For a dog lover. A notebook for a girl who shares a name with a famous dog.
- For a songwriter. A lyric book for a Bobbie with stories to tell.
- For a road trip. A travel journal for the long way home.
- For a Southern summer. A porch-side journal for lazy July days.
How Bobbie can use it
Any Bobbie, of any age. The 6" x 9" size is roomy enough for proper writing and small enough for a handbag or school bag. With 160 plain lined pages there’s no fixed layout, so it can be a diary, a gratitude journal, a study notebook, a recipe book or a home for to-do lists. Notebooks tend to multiply in drawers, but one with her name on the front is instantly hers.
The little things that make it hers
There’s something about seeing your own name in print. It makes a notebook feel like it belongs to you, which is a good reason to fill it. It also means Bobbie can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Bobbie’s Notebook? About the size of a trade paperback book: 6 x 9 inches (15.2 x 22.9 cm), 160 lined pages.
Where do I buy it? It’s sold on Amazon in the US, Australia and the UK. Amazon prints and ships each copy and handles delivery and returns.
Do you have other names? Yes, the same apple blossom design comes in hundreds of girls’ names. Start at all name notebooks or our personalized name notebooks guide.
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