Roberta’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Roberta
Give Roberta a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Roberta'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 "Roberta's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Roberta come from?
Roberta is the feminine form of Robert. Wikipedia explains that it is Germanic, built from hrod, meaning “fame” or “glory”, and berht, meaning “bright” or “shining”, so the name works out as “bright fame”. Behind the Name lists the same roots. It is also the feminine of the Italian and Spanish Roberto, which is why Roberta is common in Italy too.
Other forms of Roberta
Roberta comes with plenty of short forms. Behind the Name lists Bobbi, Bobbie, Robbie, Robin, Robyn, Robynne, Robbin, Robina and Birdie in English, and Robertina in Italian and Spanish. Bobbie is breezy, Robin is gentle, and Birdie is the sweet surprise.
Well-known Robertas
Roberta Flack topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly with His Song”. Roberta Bondar became Canada’s first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space, flying on the Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1992 and running more than 40 experiments. And Italian tennis player Roberta Vinci won all four Grand Slam doubles titles and, at the 2015 US Open, beat world No. 1 Serena Williams in one of the sport’s great upsets.
Roberta’s popularity
Roberta was a mid-century favorite. US Social Security data has it entering the girls’ top 200 in the 1910s and peaking at 81st in the 1940s, when about 38,000 American girls were named Roberta. Numbers held up in the 1950s, at 113th, and it was still 178th in the 1960s. That makes a Roberta notebook a natural gift for a mother or grandmother.
A few more things about Roberta
Roberta Flack made Grammy history. Wikipedia says she was the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in consecutive years, and she received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. She also recorded hit duets with Donny Hathaway, including “Where Is the Love”.
Gift ideas with Roberta in mind
- For a music lover. Lyrics and set lists, in honor of Roberta Flack.
- For a science teacher. Lesson notes for a Roberta who reaches for the stars.
- For a tennis player. Match notes, in honor of Roberta Vinci.
- For Mother’s Day. Roberta peaked in the 1940s and 1950s.
A notebook for every Roberta
Roberta’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 “Roberta’s Notebook” on the cover tells Roberta 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 Roberta’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? Roberta’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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