Ursula’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Ursula
Ursula'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 "Ursula's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Ursula: meaning and origin
Ursula is a Roman cognomen meaning “little bear,” says Behind the Name, from a diminutive of Latin ursa, “she-bear.” Saint Ursula was a legendary virgin princess of the 4th century who was martyred by the Huns while returning from a pilgrimage. Behind the Name says the saint was popular in medieval England, and that is how the name came into general use there.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Ulla, Ursel and Uschi as German short forms, Ula as a Polish one, and Urša and Urška in Slovene. Wikipedia says Ulla, Ursel and Uschi are the German pet forms. In English the name stays whole more often than not.
Famous people named Ursula
Ursula K. Le Guin, born October 21, 1929, in Berkeley, California, was an American author best known for science fiction and fantasy. Wikipedia says her novels include A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) and The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), and that she won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for the latter, the first woman to do so. Her career ran for nearly sixty years until she died on January 22, 2018.
Is Ursula a popular name?
Ursula 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 in 98 years between 1881 and 1983, best at 441st in 1901. Wikipedia says it was among the most popular names for newborn girls in Germany from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Ursula trivia
Wikipedia says the Swiss-born actress Ursula Andress, born in 1936, influenced the name’s use from the twentieth century onward. It also notes that Ursula is the villain of Disney’s 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, and of its 2023 live-action remake, so the name has a sea-witch fan club too.
Gift ideas that suit an Ursula
- For a fantasy reader. A notebook for Earthsea maps and invented worlds.
- For a bear lover. A journal with a name that means “little bear.”
- For a Disney fan. A diary for movie nights and favorite songs.
- For Christmas. A winter journal for long evenings of reading.
How Ursula can use it
Any Ursula, 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 Ursula 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 Ursula’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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