Doris’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Doris
Doris'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 "Doris's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Doris: meaning and origin
Doris comes from the Greek name Doris, meaning “Dorian woman”. The Dorians were one of the main peoples of ancient Greece, and in Greek mythology Doris was a sea nymph, a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and the mother of the Nereids. Wikipedia notes that the name of the Dorians is said to come from their mythical founder Dorus, from the Greek dōron, “gift”. Behind the Name says Doris began to be used as an English name in the 19th century.
Nicknames and variants
Dory is the short form Behind the Name lists for Doris, and Dorris is an older spelling. The name is also linked to Doria and Dorian, which come from the same Greek root. Doris is short, bright and easy to say, so most Dorises just keep it.
Famous people named Doris
Doris Day recorded more than 650 songs and starred in films such as Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk. Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, the oldest person ever to receive it. And historian Doris Kearns Goodwin won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for History for No Ordinary Time, about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Is Doris a popular name?
Doris was a 1920s favorite. US Social Security data has it 32nd in the 1910s and 8th in the 1920s, when more than 151,000 American girls were named Doris. It was still 13th in the 1930s, then faded, leaving the top 200 after the 1960s. That makes Doris a name for grandmothers and great-grandmothers, and one that may be ready for a comeback.
Doris trivia
Doris Day sang “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)” in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became her signature tune. Doris Lessing heard about her Nobel Prize from a journalist as she came home from the grocery store. She said “Oh Christ” and carried on bringing in the shopping.
Gift ideas that suit a Doris
- For an 80th or 90th birthday. Doris peaked in the 1920s and 1930s, so milestone birthdays are close.
- For a keen reader. A reading log for someone who shares a name with a Nobel winner.
- For a classic film fan. A watch list of Doris Day musicals and comedies.
- For a new chapter. Que sera, sera: blank pages for whatever comes next.
How Doris can use it
Any Doris, 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 Doris 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 Doris’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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