Carole’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Carole
Give Carole a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Carole'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 "Carole's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Carole come from?
Carole is the French feminine form of Carolus, the Latin form of Charles, says Behind the Name. Wikipedia points to Carl for the background, which goes back to the Germanic Karl, “free man”. So Carole is a cousin of Caroline, Carla and Charlotte, with a French spelling.
Other forms of Carole
Carol is the plain English form, and Behind the Name’s list of relatives includes Carrie, Callie and Cari. Wikipedia also lists Carola, Carolle and Carroll. Carrie is the everyday favorite.
Well-known Caroles
Carole King wrote or co-wrote 118 Billboard Hot 100 hits, including “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” for Aretha Franklin; her album Tapestry topped the US chart for 15 weeks. Her birth name was Carol Klein. Screwball comedy star Carole Lombard earned an Oscar nomination for My Man Godfrey and married Clark Gable; she died in 1942 coming home from a war bond tour.
Carole’s popularity
Carole peaked in the 1940s. US Social Security data has it at 94th in the 1930s and 57th in the 1940s, when more than 50,300 American girls were named Carole, then 193rd in the 1950s. Most Caroles today are in their 70s or 80s.
A few more things about Carole
Carole is also the name of a medieval dance, Wikipedia notes, and the Christmas carol may be named after it: the article on carols says the word may come from the French carole or the Latin carula, a circular dance. The earliest English Christmas carols are in a 1426 manuscript by John Awdlay, who recorded twenty-five “caroles of Cristemas”.
Gift ideas with Carole in mind
- For Christmas. A notebook for a name that sounds like the season.
- For a singer-songwriter. Lyrics and chords, in honor of Carole King.
- For a classic film fan. Notes on screwball comedies, in honor of Carole Lombard.
- For an 80th birthday. Carole was at its busiest in the 1940s.
A notebook for every Carole
Carole’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 “Carole’s Notebook” on the cover tells Carole 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 Carole’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? Carole’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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