Isabel’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Isabel
Isabel'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 "Isabel's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Isabel: meaning and origin
Isabel began as the medieval form of Elizabeth in southern Europe. Behind the Name calls it Occitan and Wikipedia calls it Spanish, but they agree it was royal by the 12th century. Wikipedia explains the shift: Spanish speakers heard Elisabeth as “El Isabeth”, dropped the “El”, and swapped the ending to -bel, perhaps helped by bella, “beautiful”.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name gives a long list of English pet forms: Bell, Bella, Belle, Ibbie, Isi, Issy, Izzy, Libbie, Libby and Sabella. Spanish and German speakers use Isa, and Portuguese speakers also say Belinha. Isabella, Isobel and Ysabel are the best-known variants.
Famous people named Isabel
Chilean-American novelist Isabel Allende made her name with The House of the Spirits (1982), often compared to the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez. Wikipedia says her novels have been translated into more than 42 languages and sold more than 77 million copies, and President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014.
Is Isabel a popular name?
Isabel has had two lives in America. US Social Security data has it in the bottom of the top 200 from the 1880s to the 1910s, then back again at 185th in the 1990s and 93rd in the 2000s, when more than 36,000 American girls were named Isabel. It was still 142nd in the 2010s.
Isabel trivia
In Spanish, Queen Isabella of Castile is Isabel I. Wikipedia says she reigned from 1474 to 1504, ruled a united Spain with her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon as the Catholic Monarchs, and financed Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage to the New World. Behind the Name notes she was one of two Spanish queens regnant called Isabel.
Gift ideas that suit an Isabel
- For a book club. Reading notes, in honor of Isabel Allende.
- For a history lover. A notebook for a name that sent Columbus sailing.
- For a Spanish class. Vocabulary lists for a name at home in two languages.
- For Hispanic Heritage Month. A gift for a name with deep roots in Spain.
How Isabel can use it
Any Isabel, 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 Isabel 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 Isabel’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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