Rhoda’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Rhoda
Rhoda'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 "Rhoda's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
The meaning of Rhoda
Rhoda comes from Greek rhodon, “rose,” says Behind the Name. In the New Testament it was the name of a maid in the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, and it came into use as an English given name in the 17th century. Wikipedia adds that Rhoda can also mean “from Rhodes,” the Greek island originally named for its roses, and that it was used in the Scottish Highlands as a feminine form of Roderick.
Nicknames for Rhoda
Behind the Name lists Rhode as the Greek form of Rhoda. Wikipedia adds the spelling variants Rhodee, Rhodey and Rhodie, which also serve as easy pet forms. Ro is another short option families use.
Famous Rhodas
Rhoda Broughton, born November 29, 1840, in Denbigh, North Wales, and died June 5, 1920, was a Welsh novelist and short story writer. Wikipedia says she was called a queen of the circulating libraries, that her best-known novel is probably Cometh Up as a Flower (1867), and that her uncle by marriage, the writer Sheridan le Fanu, helped start her career. She was a long-time friend of Henry James.
How popular is Rhoda?
Rhoda was 185th in the 1880s in the Social Security decade tables, with about 1,020 girls. Behind the Name’s US chart shows it holding a place in the top 1,000 until 1975. The CBS sitcom Rhoda, a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, kept the name on American screens from 1974 to 1978.
Fun facts about the name Rhoda
The best-known Rhoda on television was Rhoda Morgenstern. Wikipedia says Valerie Harper played her on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and then in Rhoda, the first spin-off of that series, as a spunky, flamboyantly dressed New Yorker. Like the Bible’s Rhoda, she was memorable in a supporting role before getting her own story.
Rhoda gift ideas
- For a gardener. A rose journal for planting, pruning and bloom dates.
- For a sitcom fan. A notebook for classic TV episodes and favorite lines.
- For Easter. A spring diary for a name from the New Testament.
- For Christmas. A rosy holiday journal for Rhoda.
Who it’s for and ways to use it
This is a notebook for every kind of Rhoda: 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 Rhoda’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 Rhoda’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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