Pearl’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Pearl
Pearl'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.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Pearl's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
The meaning of Pearl
Pearl comes straight from the gem. Behind the Name says the English word goes back to Medieval Latin perla, and that, like other gemstone names, Pearl has been a given name since the 19th century; the pearl is also the birthstone for June. Wikipedia adds that it has a long history among Jewish families as an English form of the Yiddish Perle, and that Margaret itself means “pearl”.
Nicknames for Pearl
Behind the Name lists Pearlie and Perlie as pet forms of Pearl and Pearle as a variant spelling, and Wikipedia mentions the Yiddish Perle. Pearlie is a lovely grandmotherly nickname.
Famous Pearls
Pearl S. Buck, born in West Virginia and raised in China, won the Pulitzer Prize for The Good Earth and in 1938 became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Pearl Bailey won a special Tony for the title role in an all-Black Hello, Dolly! in 1968 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988. British actress Pearl Mackie played Bill Potts in Doctor Who.
How popular is Pearl?
Pearl was a Victorian favorite. US Social Security data has it at 30th in the 1880s and 26th in the 1890s, and its largest numbers came in the 1910s and 1920s, about 33,000 girls each decade. It dropped to 158th in the 1930s. Wikipedia says it rose with other gemstone names in the late Victorian era.
Fun facts about the name Pearl
One of America’s best-selling Western writers was a Pearl. Wikipedia says novelist Zane Grey was born Pearl Zane Grey in 1872. His best-selling book was Riders of the Purple Sage (1912), and his stories have been adapted for film and television many times.
Pearl gift ideas
- For a June birthday. A notebook for the name of June’s birthstone.
- For a jewelry lover. A notebook named for a gem.
- For a book lover. Reading notes, in honor of Pearl S. Buck.
- For a Broadway fan. In honor of Pearl Bailey’s Dolly.
Who it’s for and ways to use it
This is a notebook for every kind of Pearl: 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.
Why a name on the cover matters
Notebooks tend to multiply on desks and in drawers. One with Pearl’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.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Pearl’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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