Brooklyn’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Brooklyn
Brooklyn'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 "Brooklyn's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Brooklyn: meaning and origin
Brooklyn comes from the New York City borough, says Behind the Name, which was named after the Dutch town of Breukelen, meaning either “broken land” or “marsh land”. Both Behind the Name and Wikipedia say it can also be read as Brook or Brooke plus the popular ending -lyn. It is mainly a girls’ name in the US but more common for boys in the UK.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Brooklynn, and Wikipedia adds Brookelynn, Brookelynne, Brooklyne and Brooklynne. For short, Brooke or Brook come naturally, since the name is partly built on them.
Famous people named Brooklyn
Model and actress Brooklyn Decker was on the cover of the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, starred in Battleship and played Mallory Hanson on Netflix’s Grace and Frankie. Under the Brooklynn spelling, Brooklynn Prince played Moonee in The Florida Project (2017) and directed her first short film in 2019.
Is Brooklyn a popular name?
Brooklyn is new and very popular. Wikipedia says it has been in the US top 1,000 since 1992 and the top 100 since 2005. Social Security data has it at 90th in the 2000s and 29th in the 2010s, when more than 60,300 American girls were named Brooklyn, so most Brooklyns are still in school.
Brooklyn trivia
The borough’s name is older than New York itself. Wikipedia says the Dutch settlement of Breuckelen was founded in 1646, and the name first appeared in print in 1663. The original Breukelen is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht, on the river Vecht.
Gift ideas that suit a Brooklyn
- For a New Yorker. City notes for a girl named after a borough.
- For back to school. Brooklyn peaked in the 2010s, so think middle and high school.
- For a young filmmaker. Story ideas, in honor of Brooklynn Prince.
- For Thanksgiving. A gratitude journal to start the holiday season.
How Brooklyn can use it
Any Brooklyn, 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 Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn’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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