Essie’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Essie
Give Essie a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Essie'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 "Essie's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Essie come from?
Essie is a diminutive of Estelle or Esther, says Behind the Name. Estelle comes from an Old French name meaning “star,” from Latin stella, while Esther is the Hebrew name of the Persian queen in the Book of Esther, possibly meaning “star” in Persian or linked to the goddess Ishtar. Either parent name makes Essie a short, friendly choice with a long pedigree.
Other forms of Essie
Behind the Name links Essie with Estella, Estelle, Esther, Hester and Stella in English. Essie can stand alone, or point back to any of those fuller forms. Esti and Essi appear as related forms in other languages on the Behind the Name family tree.
Well-known Essies
Essie Davis, born January 19, 1970, is an Australian actress. Wikipedia says she is best known as Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and the film Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears, and as Amelia Vanek in the horror film The Babadook. She also appeared as Lady Crane in season six of Game of Thrones. Those roles span cozy crime, horror and fantasy television, which is a wide range for one nickname.
Essie’s popularity
Essie was a turn-of-the-century favorite. US Social Security data has it in the top 200 from the 1880s to the 1910s, highest at 139th in the 1900s, with more than 17,000 American girls named Essie across those decades. Like many nickname-names of that era, it later gave way to the fuller Esther and Estelle.
A few more things about Essie
Both of Essie’s parent names point at the sky. Behind the Name says Estelle means “star” from Latin stella, and Esther may mean “star” in Persian. That makes Essie a rare nickname with two starry roots. Queen Esther’s story is still read each year at Purim, so the nickname keeps a festival link as well as a celestial one.
Gift ideas with Essie in mind
- For a stargazer. A night-sky journal for constellations and dates.
- For a mystery reader. A notebook for clues, suspects and endings.
- For Purim. A festive journal tied to the story of Esther.
- For Christmas. A bright holiday diary for Essie.
A notebook for every Essie
Essie’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 “Essie’s Notebook” on the cover tells Essie 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 Essie’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? Essie’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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