Ella’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Ella
Ella's Notebook is a lined journal with one name on the cover, hers. The name sits in flowing script above a soft pink watercolor apple blossom design.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Ella's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
The meaning of Ella
Ella has several roots. Behind the Name calls it a Norman name, originally a short form of Germanic names containing alles, “other”; the Normans brought it to England, it was used until the 14th century, and it was revived in the 19th century. Wikipedia adds other threads: in Greek myth Ella was a daughter of Athamas and Nephele, and in Hebrew ella is the name of the terebinth tree and means “goddess” in the modern language. It is also a common short form of Eleanor.
Nicknames for Ella
Ella is already a short form, often of Eleanor or other names starting with El-, as Wikipedia notes. Behind the Name links it to the Germanic Alia and the Irish Éala. Some Ellas grow into Eleanor; others are Ella from the start.
Famous Ellas
Ella Fitzgerald, the “First Lady of Song”, also called the “Queen of Jazz” and “Lady Ella”, rose to national fame with the Chick Webb Orchestra and her version of “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”, and took over the band after Webb died in 1939. Ella Baker was a civil rights organizer for more than five decades who worked alongside W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall and Martin Luther King Jr., and mentored young activists in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. And poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote “Solitude”, with the line “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone”.
How popular is Ella?
Ella has had two lives in America. US Social Security data has it 17th in the 1880s, then fading to 163rd by the 1940s and out of the top 200. It came back at 34th in the 2000s and 14th in the 2010s, its biggest decade by count, with nearly 86,000 American girls named Ella. So Ellas today are mostly children and teens, plus great-great-grandmothers in old family records.
Fun facts about the name Ella
Ella is a favorite well beyond the US. Wikipedia notes that it was popular in English-speaking countries during the Victorian era and again in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and that the name is especially popular in County Kerry, Ireland, and in Israel.
Ella gift ideas
- For a jazz singer. Setlists and lyrics, in honor of Ella Fitzgerald.
- For an organizer. Meeting notes and plans, for a name shared with Ella Baker.
- For a poet. Drafts and favorite lines, in honor of Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
- For a back-to-school gift. Ella was a top-15 name of the 2010s.
Who it’s for and ways to use it
This is a notebook for every kind of Ella: the student, the list-maker, the diary keeper, the busy mom. Its 160 lined pages and 6" x 9" format suit daily journaling, study, meal plans, goals or gratitude notes. Plain lines mean no rules about how to use it. Her name on the front makes it easy to spot on a crowded desk.
Why a name on the cover matters
Notebooks tend to multiply on desks and in drawers. One with Ella’s name on the front is instantly hers: easy to spot, harder to “borrow”, and more personal than a plain cover. For children especially, seeing their own name on something makes it special and encourages them to actually use it.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Ella’s Notebook? The notebook measures 6 x 9 inches (roughly 15 x 23 cm) and has 160 lined pages.
Where do I buy it? Use the buttons on this page to find it on Amazon in the US, Australia and the UK. Amazon handles printing, shipping and returns.
Do you have other names? Yes. We publish hundreds of girls’ name notebooks with the same cover design. See our personalized name notebooks page or browse all name notebooks.
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