Rosalind’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Rosalind
Rosalind'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 "Rosalind's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Rosalind: meaning and origin
Behind the Name says Rosalind comes from the Old German elements hros, “horse,” and lind, “soft, flexible, tender.” The Normans brought it to England, and in the Middle Ages its spelling was influenced by the Latin phrase rosa linda, “beautiful rose.” The poet Edmund Spenser used it, and William Shakespeare gave it to the heroine of As You Like It in 1599.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Ros and Roz as English short forms of Rosalind and Lina in Portuguese. Related spellings include Rosalyn, Roslyn, Rosaline and the Irish Rosaleen. Roz is the sassy choice, and Roslyn is a popular modern variation.
Famous people named Rosalind
Wikipedia’s list of Rosalinds includes Rosalind Franklin (1920 to 1958), a British physical chemist and crystallographer, and Rosalind Russell (1907 to 1976), an American actress. It also names Rosalind Hicks (1919 to 2005), the only child of Agatha Christie, Rosalind Chao, born in 1957, an American actress, and Rosalind Cash (1938 to 1995), an American singer and actress.
Is Rosalind a popular name?
Rosalind never appeared in a Social Security top-200 decade table, from the 1880s to the 2010s. Behind the Name’s US chart has it in the top 1,000 for 89 years between 1889 and 1978, best at 292nd in 1942. England and Wales last ranked it 957th in 2021.
Rosalind trivia
Wikipedia’s list also has Rosalind Ashford, born in 1943, a singer with Martha and the Vandellas, and Rosalind Eleazar, born in 1988, an English actress. With a scientist, a Hollywood star and a Shakespeare heroine to look to, Rosalind has role models in every field.
Gift ideas that suit a Rosalind
- For a scientist. A lab-style notebook for experiments and ideas.
- For a Shakespeare fan. A journal for plays, quotes and theater tickets.
- For a mystery reader. A diary for crime-novel notes.
- For Christmas. A literary name for a bookish gift.
How Rosalind can use it
Any Rosalind, 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 Rosalind 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 Rosalind’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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