Frieda’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Frieda
Frieda'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 "Frieda's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Frieda: meaning and origin
Frieda is a variant of Frida, says Behind the Name. Frida began as a short form of names containing the Old German element fridu, “peace,” from Proto-Germanic friþuz. Behind the Name cites Mexican painter Frida Kahlo as a famous bearer of the root form. Frieda is the spelling that keeps the German ie visible in English.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name links Frieda with Frida, Freida, Friede and related Frederica-family forms. Freddie is a playful bilingual short form. Frida is the international spelling most often tied to Kahlo; Frieda looks more clearly German.
Famous people named Frieda
Frieda Lawrence, born Emma Maria Frieda Johanna Freiin von Richthofen on August 11, 1879, and died August 11, 1956, was a German author and the wife of British novelist D. H. Lawrence. Wikipedia says she was born at Metz into the Heinersdorf line of the Richthofen family, and that she was also known under the married names Frieda Weekley and Frieda Lawrence Ravagli. Her life with Lawrence is part of modernist literary history.
Is Frieda a popular name?
Frieda was a turn-of-the-century German-American name. US Social Security data has it in the top 200 in the 1890s and 1900s, highest at 155th in the 1890s, with more than 5,600 American girls named Frieda across those decades. Behind the Name no longer lists a recent US ranking for Frieda. Frida later became the better-known international spelling.
Frieda trivia
Frieda means peace at the root. Behind the Name derives Frida from the Old German peace element fridu, so Frieda is a peace-name even when it stands alone. Frida Kahlo, born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon in 1907, made the shorter spelling world-famous through her self-portraits and Mexican folk-inspired art.
Gift ideas that suit a Frieda
- For an art lover. A sketch-and-gallery journal for shows and ideas.
- For a reader of modernism. A notebook for novels, letters and travels.
- For Earth Day. A peaceful nature diary for quiet places.
- For Christmas. A calm holiday journal for Frieda.
How Frieda can use it
Any Frieda, 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 Frieda 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 Frieda’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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