Nellie’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Nellie
Give Nellie a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Nellie'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 "Nellie's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Nellie come from?
Nellie is a pet form. Behind the Name calls it a diminutive of Nell and other names containing “nel”, and Wikipedia lists the names it comes from: Helen, Ellen, Eleanor, Petronella, Cornelia, Penelope and more. Many Victorian Nellies were Helens or Ellens on their birth certificates.
Other forms of Nellie
Behind the Name lists Nelly as a variant of Nellie and Nell as its root, and Wikipedia adds the longer names behind it, Helen, Ellen, Eleanor and Cornelia. A Nellie can always borrow a little formality from one of them.
Well-known Nellies
Dame Nellie Melba, born Helen Porter Mitchell, took her stage name from Melbourne, became the leading lyric soprano at London’s Covent Garden from 1888, and was the first Australian classical musician to win international fame. Nellie Bly, the pen name of Elizabeth Cochran, went undercover in a New York asylum and raced around the world in 72 days. And Canadian suffragist Nellie McClung was one of the Famous Five who took the Persons Case to court so women could sit in the Senate.
Nellie’s popularity
Nellie was a top-20 name in the 1880s. US Social Security data has it at 19th that decade and 30th in the 1890s, with its biggest numbers in the 1910s and 1920s, about 30,000 girls each. It was down to 135th in the 1930s. Nellies today are mostly great-grandmothers, or very new babies with vintage-loving parents.
A few more things about Nellie
A famous dessert carries a Nellie’s name. Wikipedia says Peach Melba, peaches and raspberry sauce with vanilla ice cream, was created in 1892 or 1893 by the French chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel in London to honor Nellie Melba.
Gift ideas with Nellie in mind
- For a singer. Practice notes, in honor of Dame Nellie Melba.
- For a journalist. Story ideas, in honor of Nellie Bly.
- For a baker. Dessert recipes, starting with Peach Melba.
- For a family historian. Nellie peaked a century ago.
A notebook for every Nellie
Nellie’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 “Nellie’s Notebook” on the cover tells Nellie 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 Nellie’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? Nellie’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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