Oriana’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Oriana
Give Oriana a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Oriana'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 "Oriana's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Oriana come from?
Behind the Name says Oriana is possibly derived from the Latin aurum, “gold,” or from its derivatives, the Spanish oro or the French or. In medieval legend Oriana was the daughter of a king of England who married the knight Amadis. Wikipedia says the name means “gold, sunrise, or dawn,” and that its roots may also lie in the Latin word for rising, as in Orient. So an Oriana can be a golden girl or a dawn child.
Other forms of Oriana
Behind the Name’s family tree for Oriana lists the French Oriane and Orianne, and the Catalan Oriol appears among its other relations. Wikipedia lists the variants Orianna, Oriane and Orianne. Most Orianas keep the full name, with its four soft syllables, which is part of its charm.
Well-known Orianas
Wikipedia’s list of Orianas includes Oriana Fallaci (1929 to 2006), an Italian journalist and author, and Oriana Wilson (1876 to 1945), a British humanitarian and wife of the explorer Edward Adrian Wilson. It also names Oriana Sabatini, an Argentine actress, model and singer, Oriana Panozzo, an Australian actress, and Oriana Scheuss, a Swiss Olympic sport shooter.
Oriana’s popularity
Oriana never appeared in a Social Security top-200 decade table, from the 1880s to the 2010s. Behind the Name has no US chart for it. Its charts show it in two years in England and Wales, 897th in 2000 and 981st in 2023. It has been far more popular elsewhere: Behind the Name shows it 195th in Poland in 2011 and 36th in Uruguay in 2022.
A few more things about Oriana
Wikipedia says Oriana was a nickname for Queen Elizabeth I, and that the Oriana madrigals were written for her. It also lists Oriane de Guermantes, the duchess in Marcel Proust’s novel In Search of Lost Time, and Oriana, the fairy in Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen’s children’s book A Fada Oriana.
Gift ideas with Oriana in mind
- For a literature lover. A notebook for reading notes, with a nod to Proust’s duchess.
- For a journalist. A reporter’s journal, with a nod to Oriana Fallaci.
- For a music fan. A diary for madrigals and favorite songs.
- For a birthday. A golden name for a golden day.
A notebook for every Oriana
Oriana’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 “Oriana’s Notebook” on the cover tells Oriana 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 Oriana’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? Oriana’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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