Sarina's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
Behind the Name describes Sarina as a diminutive of Sara, or sometimes a variant of Serena. Sara is a form of Sarah, while Serena comes from the Latin serenus, meaning “clear, tranquil, serene.” The name is used in German, Dutch and modern English. Take your pick: a little Sara or a calm Serena.
Behind the Name’s related names for Sarina include Sara, Sarah, Serena and Serina, plus Sadie and Sally in English. Wikipedia’s page for Sarina also lists Serena and Sirena among its cross-references. Sara is the natural short form, and Sadie is the playful one.
Wikipedia’s list of Sarinas includes Sarina Wiegman, born in 1969, a Dutch footballer, and Sarina Russo, born in 1951, an Australian executive. It also names Sarina Paris, born in 1973, a Canadian singer, Sarina Singh, an Australian author, Sarina Bolden, born in 1996, a Filipino footballer, and Sarina Koga, born in 1996, a Japanese volleyball player.
Sarina never appeared in a Social Security top-200 decade table, from the 1880s to the 2010s. Behind the Name’s US chart ranks it in 11 years between 1988 and 2008, best at 713th in 1996. England and Wales last ranked it 825th in 2013, and Switzerland 98th in 2013.
Sarina is also a place: Wikipedia describes Sarina, Queensland, as a rural town in the Mackay Region, about 34 kilometers south of Mackay. It was called Plane Creek until it was renamed in 1907, and had 5,619 people at the 2021 census.
Any Sarina, 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.
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 Sarina can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
How big is Sarina’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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