Rina’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Rina
Rina's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Rina's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Rina: meaning and origin
Wikipedia says Rina is a feminine given name with multiple origins. In Sanskrit it means “melted” or “dissolved,” in Hebrew it means “song; joy,” and in Japanese it can be written with many kanji. It is also a short form of names ending in rina, such as Caterina and Katharina. Behind the Name keeps three entries: Italian and Dutch, Hebrew, and Hindi and Marathi.
Nicknames and variants
Wikipedia calls Rina a similar name to Rena, and a hypocoristic of longer names such as Caterina, Katharina and Ekaterina. Behind the Name lists no related names for Rina. Rina is very short already, so most people use it exactly as it is.
Famous people named Rina
Wikipedia’s list of Rinas includes Rina Sawayama, born in 1990, a Japanese-British singer-songwriter, and Rina Ketty (1911 to 1996), a French chanteuse. It also names Rina Mor, born in 1956, the first Israeli Miss Universe winner, and Rina Venter, born in 1938, the first woman in South African history to hold a cabinet post.
Is Rina a popular name?
Rina never appeared in a Social Security top-200 decade table, from the 1880s to the 2010s. The one chart Behind the Name shows for it is France, where it was in the top 500 in many years from 1913 to 1949, best at 266th in 1928.
Rina trivia
Wikipedia’s page lists Rina Kitagawa, a Japanese voice actress, Rina Kishi, a Japanese artistic gymnast, and Rina Foygel Barber, an American statistician. With roots in Japan, Israel, India and Italy, Rina is a name that works almost anywhere in the world.
Gift ideas that suit a Rina
- For a singer. A notebook for lyrics and song ideas.
- For a Japanese culture fan. A journal for anime notes and study.
- For a world traveler. A diary for a name that works in any country.
- For Hanukkah. A joyful name for a holiday present.
How Rina can use it
Any Rina, 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.
The little things that make it 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 Rina can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Rina’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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