Eunice's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
Eunice is the Latinized form of the Greek Eunike, says Behind the Name, meaning “good victory”. It comes from eu, “good”, and nike, “victory”. The New Testament mentions Eunice as the mother of Timothy, and as an English name it was first used after the Protestant Reformation.
Behind the Name lists Unice as an English variant, with Eunike in Greek and Eunika in Polish. Many families shorten it to Euny or Nicy, though the sources do not list those.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver was a sister of President John F. Kennedy. Wikipedia says she founded Camp Shriver, a summer day camp at her Maryland farm for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, in 1962, and from that camp came the idea of the Special Olympics, which she founded in 1968. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984.
Eunice was a solid choice in the early 20th century. US Social Security data has it at 117th in the 1900s, 114th in the 1910s and 133rd in the 1920s, when more than 20,100 American girls were named Eunice. It stayed in the top 200 until the 1930s.
A scientist named Eunice spotted the greenhouse effect. Wikipedia says Eunice Newton Foote, using an air pump, glass cylinders and thermometers, published a paper in 1856 showing that carbon dioxide and water vapor absorb heat, and suggested that more carbon dioxide could warm the climate. Her work came before John Tyndall’s. She also signed the Declaration of Sentiments at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.
Any Eunice, 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.
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 Eunice can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
How big is Eunice’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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