Ramona’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Ramona
Give Ramona a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Ramona'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 "Ramona's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Ramona come from?
Ramona is the feminine form of Ramon, says Behind the Name. Ramon is the Catalan and Spanish form of Raymond, from Germanic elements meaning “advice” and “protector.” Behind the Name says Helen Hunt Jackson’s novel Ramona (1884), and later films based on it, popularized the name in the English-speaking world.
Other forms of Ramona
Behind the Name links Ramona with Ramon, Raymond and related Raimunda forms. Mona and Rae are natural English short forms. Raymond is the masculine English counterpart on the same advice-and-protector tree.
Well-known Ramonas
Ramona Quimby is the fictional heroine of Beverly Cleary’s Ramona novels. Wikipedia says she first appears as the pestering younger sister of Beezus in the Henry Huggins books, and that Beezus and Ramona (1955) opened a series published into the 1990s. Cleary’s Ramona became one of the best-known American girls in children’s literature, which kept the given name familiar long after the 1930s baby boom.
Ramona’s popularity
Ramona is a 1930s name in America. US Social Security data has it at 186th in the 1930s, when more than 10,100 American girls were named Ramona. Behind the Name no longer lists a recent US ranking for Ramona. Jackson’s novel and its film adaptations had already planted the name before that SSA decade peak, and Cleary’s later series kept it familiar to school-age readers for decades after.
A few more things about Ramona
A novel put Ramona on American tongues. Behind the Name credits Helen Hunt Jackson’s Ramona (1884) and the movies that followed with spreading the Spanish feminine of Raymond through English. Decades later, Beverly Cleary’s Ramona Quimby gave the name a second life in school libraries, so the same four syllables now evoke both a California romance and a suburban mischief-maker.
Gift ideas with Ramona in mind
- For a young reader. A chapter-book journal for favorites and library lists.
- For Hispanic Heritage Month. A notebook for family Spanish and stories.
- For a California trip. A travel diary for missions, coasts and orchards.
- For Christmas. A story-loving holiday journal for Ramona.
A notebook for every Ramona
Ramona’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 “Ramona’s Notebook” on the cover tells Ramona 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 Ramona’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? Ramona’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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