Elsie’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Elsie
Elsie'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 "Elsie's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Elsie: meaning and origin
Elsie is a little form of a big name. Wikipedia says it is a diminutive of Elspeth, the Scottish version of Elizabeth, and has been used as an independent name in the English-speaking world since the 1800s. Behind the Name lists it simply as a diminutive of Elizabeth. Wikipedia adds that it has been gaining ground again in English-speaking countries in recent years.
Nicknames and variants
Elsie belongs to the Elizabeth family, so Behind the Name lists relatives such as Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Eliza, Ella, Ellie and Libby, and Swedish forms such as Elsa and Elsy. Els is about the only way to make Elsie shorter.
Famous people named Elsie
Scottish doctor and suffragist Elsie Inglis founded the Scottish Women’s Hospitals and was the first woman to receive the Serbian Order of the White Eagle. British nutritionist Elsie Widdowson, with her research partner Robert McCance, oversaw the addition of vitamins to food and wartime rationing in Britain during World War II. And Martha Finley’s bestselling Elsie Dinsmore children’s books ran from 1867 to 1905.
Is Elsie a popular name?
Elsie peaked around a century ago. US Social Security data has it at 35th in the 1890s and 39th in the 1900s, and its biggest decades were the 1910s and 1920s, when more than 39,000 and then 42,000 American girls were named Elsie. It had dropped to 111th by the 1930s. Wikipedia says the name is coming back in English-speaking countries, so Elsie suits a new baby as well as a great-grandmother.
Elsie trivia
Elsie the Cow made glue famous. Wikipedia says Borden created Elsie as a dairy mascot in 1936, and in 1940 gave her a cartoon mate, Elmer the Bull, who was lent to Borden’s chemical division and became the face of Elmer’s glue. Ad Age named Elsie one of the top 10 advertising icons of the 20th century.
Gift ideas that suit an Elsie
- For a new baby. Elsie is making a comeback.
- For a nurse or doctor. Shift notes, in honor of Elsie Inglis.
- For a dietitian. Meal plans, in honor of nutrition pioneer Elsie Widdowson.
- For a great-grandmother. Elsie peaked in the 1910s and 1920s.
How Elsie can use it
Any Elsie, 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 Elsie 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 Elsie’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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