Valerie’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Valerie
Valerie's Notebook is a lined journal with one name on the cover, hers. The name sits in flowing script above a soft pink watercolor apple blossom design.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Valerie's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
The meaning of Valerie
Valerie is the English and German form of Valeria, Behind the Name explains, and Wikipedia says it came into English directly from the French Valérie. Valeria is the feminine form of the Roman clan name Valerius, which Wikipedia says denotes strength, health or boldness. In medieval Catholic Europe, names often spread through the cult of a saint, and Wikipedia says Saint Valerie of Limoges probably did the most to spread this one.
Nicknames for Valerie
Val is the classic short form, and Behind the Name also lists the English spellings Valarie, Valorie and Valary and the German diminutive Valeska. Wikipedia notes that most variant spellings appeared in the 20th century, often following the forms used in popular songs. In Russian and Ukrainian, Behind the Name adds, the related Valeria has the short form Lera.
Famous Valeries
Valerie Harper played Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Rhoda, winning four Primetime Emmy Awards for the role. Valerie Bertinelli won two Golden Globes for One Day at a Time, later starred in Hot in Cleveland, and hosted Valerie’s Home Cooking on Food Network. And New Zealand shot putter Dame Valerie Adams is a two-time Olympic champion and four-time world champion.
How popular is Valerie?
Valerie was a steady mid-century name. US Social Security data has it in the girls’ top 200 from the 1940s through the 2010s, with its best rank, 69th, and biggest count in the 1960s, when more than 56,000 American girls were named Valerie. It was 84th in the 1950s, 96th in the 1970s and 86th in the 1980s, and still 168th in the 2010s.
Fun facts about the name Valerie
Saint Valerie of Limoges was a cephalophore, a saint usually shown carrying her own severed head. Wikipedia says her cult was practiced along the Way of St James and that she became a favorite subject in the early modern ceramics industry.
Valerie gift ideas
- For an athlete. Training logs, in honor of shot putter Valerie Adams.
- For a sitcom lover. Episode notes, for a name shared with Rhoda’s Valerie Harper.
- For a home cook. Recipes and kitchen notes, for fans of Valerie Bertinelli.
- For Mother’s Day. Valerie was a top-200 name for eight decades, so it suits many moms.
Who it’s for and ways to use it
This is a notebook for every kind of Valerie: the student, the list-maker, the diary keeper, the busy mom. Its 160 lined pages and 6" x 9" format suit daily journaling, study, meal plans, goals or gratitude notes. Plain lines mean no rules about how to use it. Her name on the front makes it easy to spot on a crowded desk.
Why a name on the cover matters
Notebooks tend to multiply on desks and in drawers. One with Valerie’s name on the front is instantly hers: easy to spot, harder to “borrow”, and more personal than a plain cover. For children especially, seeing their own name on something makes it special and encourages them to actually use it.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Valerie’s Notebook? The notebook measures 6 x 9 inches (roughly 15 x 23 cm) and has 160 lined pages.
Where do I buy it? Use the buttons on this page to find it on Amazon in the US, Australia and the UK. Amazon handles printing, shipping and returns.
Do you have other names? Yes. We publish hundreds of girls’ name notebooks with the same cover design. See our personalized name notebooks page or browse all name notebooks.
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