Erika’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Erika
Give Erika a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Erika'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 "Erika's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Erika come from?
Erika is a feminine form of Erik, says Behind the Name, from Old Norse. Wikipedia explains the parts: ei, “one, alone” or “eternity”, and ríkr, “ruler” or “powerful”, so the name is usually read as “sole ruler” or “eternal ruler”. Behind the Name adds that it also matches the word for “heather” in some languages, and Wikipedia notes an unrelated Japanese name Erika.
Other forms of Erika
The spellings Erica, Ericka and Ereka are all listed by Wikipedia, and Behind the Name gives Erica as the Swedish variant. Rika or Riki are easy short forms, though neither source lists them.
Well-known Erikas
Erika Mitchell writes as E. L. James; her Fifty Shades novels have sold more than 150 million copies, and Time named her one of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2012. Actress Erika Christensen won a Screen Actors Guild ensemble award for Traffic and played Julia Braverman-Graham on NBC’s Parenthood. Wikipedia’s list of Erikas also includes Erika Harold, an attorney and politician who was Miss America 2003, and the German physicist Erika Cremer.
Erika’s popularity
Erika peaked in the 1980s. US Social Security data has it at 126th in the 1970s, 76th in the 1980s, when nearly 36,900 American girls were named Erika, and 95th in the 1990s. The Erica spelling was more common, but Erika held its own.
A few more things about Erika
Erika really is a plant name. Wikipedia says erica is the Latin word for heather, and Erica is a genus of about 860 species of flowering plants, the heaths or heathers. “Erika” is also the German word for heather.
Gift ideas with Erika in mind
- For a gardener. Planting notes for a name that means heather.
- For a writer. Drafts and plot ideas, in honor of E. L. James.
- For Valentine’s Day. A journal for a romance reader.
- For a 40th birthday. Erika peaked in the 1980s.
A notebook for every Erika
Erika’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 “Erika’s Notebook” on the cover tells Erika 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 Erika’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? Erika’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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