Harriet’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Harriet
Harriet'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 "Harriet's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Harriet: meaning and origin
Harriet is the English form of the French Henriette, Behind the Name says, which makes it a feminine form of Harry. Wikipedia traces the family back to the Germanic Heimiric, from heim, “home”, and ric, “power, ruler”. The name was first used in the 17th century and became very common in the English-speaking world by the 18th.
Nicknames and variants
Harriet has some of the best nicknames around. Behind the Name lists Hattie, Hatty, Hettie, Hallie, Etta and Ettie, and Wikipedia adds Hetty and Harri. Longer cousins include Henrietta and Harriette.
Famous people named Harriet
Harriet Tubman, born Araminta Ross around 1822, escaped slavery in 1849 and went back about 13 times to lead some 70 people to freedom. Wikipedia says she later claimed she “never lost a passenger”. During the Civil War she guided the raid at Combahee Ferry, which freed more than 700 people, and she is widely credited as the first woman to lead an armed military operation in the United States.
Is Harriet a popular name?
Harriet stayed in the US girls’ top 200 for 70 years. Social Security data has it at 90th in the 1880s, 112th in the 1910s and 130th in the 1920s, its biggest decade, with more than 20,800 American girls named Harriet, and 183rd in the 1940s. Wikipedia says it was 73rd in England and Wales in 2007.
Harriet trivia
One famous Harriet was a tortoise. Wikipedia says Harriet, a Galápagos tortoise first named Harry, lived to an estimated 175 and died in 2006 at Australia Zoo, owned by Steve and Terri Irwin. A story claims Charles Darwin collected her in 1835, but Wikipedia notes he never visited Santa Cruz, the island she came from.
Gift ideas that suit a Harriet
- For Black History Month. A notebook for a name carried by Harriet Tubman.
- For an animal lover. A zoo journal, in honor of Harriet the tortoise.
- For a history student. Notes on the Underground Railroad and the Civil War.
- For Mother’s Day. A gift for a Harriet who keeps the family on track.
How Harriet can use it
Any Harriet, 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 Harriet 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 Harriet’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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