Lizzie's Notebook is a lined journal with one name on the cover, hers. The name sits in flowing script above a soft pink watercolor apple blossom design.
Lizzie is a diminutive of Elizabeth, says Behind the Name. Elizabeth comes from Hebrew Elisheva, “my God is an oath,” by way of Greek Elisabet. It is one of the most productive nickname families in English, from Beth and Betty to Lisa and Lizzie. Behind the Name lists Lizzie under English usage as one of Elizabeth’s oldest pet forms.
Behind the Name’s Elizabeth family includes Isabel, Isabella, Bess, Beth, Betsy, Betty and many more. Liz and Liza sit beside Lizzie as everyday short forms. Buffy, Bette and Elsa show how far the same Hebrew root can travel.
The best-known modern Lizzie is fictional. Wikipedia says Lizzie McGuire is an American teen sitcom that premiered on Disney Channel on January 12, 2001, starring Hilary Duff as a teenager learning to navigate personal and social issues, with an animated Lizzie voicing her inner thoughts. The series concluded in 2004 after helping make Duff a major teen star.
Lizzie was a late-19th-century favorite. US Social Security data has it in the top 200 from the 1880s to the 1900s, highest at 69th in the 1880s, with more than 15,400 American girls named Lizzie across those decades. Behind the Name last ranked it 950th in the US in 1959. The Netherlands still had it 391st in 2023, a rare recent ranking for the old nickname.
Elizabeth means “my God is an oath.” Behind the Name traces it to Hebrew Elisheva, so every Lizzie, Lisa and Beth carries the same ancient vow in a different package. Elisheba appears in the Hebrew Bible as Aaron’s wife, so the root is older than the New Testament Elizabeth.
This is a notebook for every kind of Lizzie: the student, the list-maker, the diary keeper, the busy mom. Its 160 lined pages and 6" x 9" format suit daily journaling, study, meal plans, goals or gratitude notes. Plain lines mean no rules about how to use it. Her name on the front makes it easy to spot on a crowded desk.
Notebooks tend to multiply on desks and in drawers. One with Lizzie’s name on the front is instantly hers: easy to spot, harder to “borrow”, and more personal than a plain cover. For children especially, seeing their own name on something makes it special and encourages them to actually use it.
How big is Lizzie’s Notebook? The notebook measures 6 x 9 inches (roughly 15 x 23 cm) and has 160 lined pages.
Where do I buy it? Use the buttons on this page to find it on Amazon in the US, Australia and the UK. Amazon handles printing, shipping and returns.
Do you have other names? Yes. We publish hundreds of girls’ name notebooks with the same cover design. See our personalized name notebooks page or browse all name notebooks.
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