Nova’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Nova
Nova'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 "Nova's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Nova: meaning and origin
Nova comes from the Latin novus, meaning “new”, says Behind the Name, and it was first used as a given name in the 19th century. Astronomers borrowed the same word for a star that suddenly flares into view, so Nova carries both a fresh-start meaning and a bright, starry image.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Novah as an English variant, Novi in Dutch and Novella in Italian, and links Nova with Novalee. At four letters, Nova rarely needs shortening.
Famous people named Nova
Nova Pilbeam (1919 to 2015) was an English film and stage actress. Wikipedia says she was a child star who played the kidnapped girl in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), took the lead as Lady Jane Grey in Tudor Rose (1936), and starred in Hitchcock’s Young and Innocent (1937), which she called “the sunniest film I was involved with”.
Is Nova a popular name?
Nova is a 2010s name. US Social Security data has it at 180th in the 2010s, when more than 17,800 American girls were named Nova. It has climbed fast since: Behind the Name has it 46th for US girls in 2025, 36th in the Netherlands, 38th in Sweden and 68th in England and Wales.
Nova trivia
A nova is a “new star” that isn’t new at all. Wikipedia says novae happen in close pairs of stars that include a white dwarf, and the Milky Way has about ten a year, though only one every 12 to 18 months gets bright enough to see with the naked eye. The word comes from Tycho Brahe’s book De nova stella, about the “new star” he saw in Cassiopeia in 1572.
Gift ideas that suit a Nova
- For a stargazer. An observing log for planets and constellations.
- For New Year’s Day. A fresh-start journal for a name that means new.
- For a film buff. A movie diary for Hitchcock nights and classics.
- For Christmas. A starry holiday notebook for wishes and plans.
How Nova can use it
Any Nova, 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 Nova 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 Nova’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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