Vera’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Vera
Vera'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 "Vera's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Vera: meaning and origin
Vera means “faith” in Russian, says Behind the Name, though it is sometimes linked to the Latin verus, “true”. Wikipedia explains that it translates the old Christian name Fides, in Greek Pistis: Saint Faith was martyred with her sisters Hope and Love and their mother Sophia, and Russian took the sisters’ names as Vera, Nadezhda and Lyubov. Behind the Name also has a separate Albanian Vera, from verë, “summer”.
Nicknames and variants
Russian has a whole set of pet forms. Behind the Name lists Verochka, Verusha and Verusya, and Wikipedia adds Verka and Verushka. Serbian and Croatian use Verica, Georgian has Veriko, and Dutch has Veertje.
Famous people named Vera
Vera Lynn, the “Forces’ Sweetheart”, sang for troops in Egypt, India and Burma during World War II and is remembered for “We’ll Meet Again” and “(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover”. Astronomer Vera Rubin found key evidence for dark matter by studying how galaxies rotate, and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is named for her. Vera Wang trained as a figure skater and worked at Vogue before opening her bridal boutique in 1990.
Is Vera a popular name?
Vera was a turn-of-the-century favorite. US Social Security data has it at 83rd in the 1890s, 69th in the 1900s and 65th in the 1910s, with its biggest numbers in the 1920s, when more than 32,500 American girls were named Vera. It slipped to 188th in the 1940s. Wikipedia says it has been used in English since the 19th century.
Vera trivia
Vera Lynn’s chart career lasted almost a century. In 2009, at 92, she became the oldest living artist to top the UK Albums Chart, and in 2017 Vera Lynn 100, released for her centenary, reached No. 3, making her the first centenarian performer with a Top 10 album. She died in 2020, aged 103.
Gift ideas that suit a Vera
- For a bride. Wedding plans, in honor of Vera Wang.
- For a stargazer. Observing notes, in honor of Vera Rubin.
- For Veterans Day. A notebook for a family’s wartime stories.
- For a 100th birthday. Vera peaked in the 1910s and 1920s.
How Vera can use it
Any Vera, 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 Vera 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 Vera’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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