Madelyn’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Madelyn
Give Madelyn a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Madelyn's Notebook has her name in elegant script over a pink watercolor apple blossom cover.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Madelyn's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Madelyn come from?
Madelyn is a variant of Madeline, says Behind the Name, which is the English form of Madeleine. Madeleine is the French form of Magdalene, from Magdala, a place name. Wikipedia describes Madelyn as a variant of Madeline or Madeleine, and Madalyn is another spelling.
Other forms of Madelyn
Behind the Name gives Maddie, Maddy and Madi as pet forms, and the variant spellings Madalyn, Madelynn and Madilyn. With so many spellings around, a notebook with hers printed correctly is a small treat.
Well-known Madelyns
Madelyn Pugh, born in Indianapolis in 1921, was one of the writers of I Love Lucy. Wikipedia says she and her partner Bob Carroll wrote a vaudeville act for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz that became the basis of the show’s pilot, and they are credited with helping create the Lucy character. The pair earned three Emmy nominations for the series. She said the war, which shrank the pool of male writers, helped her break in as “the girl writer”.
Madelyn’s popularity
Madelyn is a 21st-century name. US Social Security data has it at 103rd in the 2000s and 66th in the 2010s, when more than 39,100 American girls were named Madelyn. Behind the Name says its parent Madeline was the heroine of Ludwig Bemelmans’s children’s books, first published in 1939.
A few more things about Madelyn
Barack Obama’s grandmother was a Madelyn. Wikipedia says Madelyn Dunham was a banker who, with her husband Stanley, raised Obama from the age of ten in their Honolulu apartment. She died on November 2, 2008, two days before her grandson was elected president.
Gift ideas with Madelyn in mind
- For a comedy writer. Sketch ideas, in honor of Madelyn Pugh.
- For a Madeline fan. A notebook for the name behind a favorite picture book.
- For Grandparents Day. A gift for a Madelyn who is a grandmother.
- For Hawaii. A travel journal for a trip to Honolulu.
A notebook for every Madelyn
Madelyn’s Notebook works just as well for a teenager as for a grandmother. It’s 6" x 9", which fits in most bags, with 160 lined pages and no printed layout to work around. Use it as a diary, a school notebook, a planner or a place to collect quotes and ideas. A name on the cover turns an everyday notebook into something personal.
Why choose a personalized notebook?
A plain notebook is useful. One with her name on it is a gift. Seeing “Madelyn’s Notebook” on the cover tells Madelyn it was chosen for her, not grabbed off a shelf, and that small touch is often what makes people keep a notebook going instead of abandoning it after a week.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Madelyn’s Notebook? 6" x 9", or about 15.2 x 22.9 cm. It’s a paperback with 160 lined pages inside.
Where do I buy it? Madelyn’s Notebook is available on Amazon, which prints each copy to order and looks after delivery and refunds.
Do you have other names? We do, hundreds of them. Browse all name notebooks or read how to find a name on our personalized name notebooks page.
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