Radmila's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
Behind the Name calls Radmila the Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian and Czech feminine form of Radomil. Radomil comes from the Slavic elements radŭ, “happy, willing,” and milŭ, “gracious, dear.” Wikipedia agrees, saying the name is popular in Serbia and comes from rada, a feminine form of rade meaning “happiness,” and mila, “sweet.” A Radmila is, in short, a happy and dear girl.
Behind the Name’s family tree for Radmila lists the Czech variants Radmila and Radomila and the Polish form Radomiła. The masculine forms are Radomil in Czech and Radmilo in Serbian. The short form Rada is also used: Wikipedia mentions Radmila “Rada” Manojlović, a Serbian pop folk singer.
Wikipedia’s list of famous Radmilas includes Radmila Bakočević, born in 1933, a Serbian opera soprano with an international career from 1955 to 1982, and Radmila Šekerinska, born in 1972, a Macedonian politician and Defense Minister. It also names Radmilla Cody, born in 1975, a Navajo singer and indigenous rights activist, and Radmila Smiljanić, born in 1940, a Serbian opera singer.
Radmila never appeared in a Social Security top-200 decade table, from the 1880s to the 2010s. Behind the Name has no US chart for the name. In Czechia its yearly chart shows it ranked in many years between 1935 and 1996, best at 52nd in 1969 and last at 169th in 1996.
Wikipedia says Radmila is a popular given female name in Serbia, and lists handball players, a judoka and a Bulgarian basketball player among its bearers. The name’s two halves, “happiness” and “sweet,” make it one of the more cheerful names among Slavic girls’ names.
Any Radmila, 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.
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 Radmila can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
How big is Radmila’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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