Winifred’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Winifred
Give Winifred a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Winifred's Notebook has her name in elegant script over a pink watercolor apple blossom cover.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Winifred's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Winifred come from?
Winifred comes from the Latin Winifreda, says Behind the Name, possibly from the Welsh name Gwenfrewi, perhaps influenced by the Old English masculine name Winfred. Saint Winifred was a 7th-century Welsh martyr who, the story goes, was beheaded by a prince after she rejected him. A healing spring rose where her head fell. The name has been used in England since at least the 16th century.
Other forms of Winifred
Behind the Name lists Freda, Freddie and Winnie as English diminutives, and Winnifred as a variant spelling. Winnie is the classic choice, though Freddie has a playful modern feel.
Well-known Winifreds
Winifred Atwell was a pianist born in Trinidad who moved to Britain and became hugely popular there and in Australia from the 1950s with boogie-woogie and ragtime hits. Wikipedia says she sold more than 20 million records and was the first black artist to have a number one on the UK singles chart, with “Let’s Have Another Party” in 1954. Her “Black and White Rag” later became the theme of the BBC snooker show Pot Black.
Winifred’s popularity
Winifred was a classic from the 1880s to the 1920s. US Social Security data has it in the girls’ top 200 in every decade from the 1880s to the 1920s, peaking at 158th in the 1910s, when more than 10,200 American girls were named Winifred. Behind the Name says it ranked 922nd in the US in 2025 and 364th in England and Wales.
A few more things about Winifred
Winifred’s holy well has drawn pilgrims for more than 800 years. Wikipedia says St Winefride’s Well in Holywell, Wales, is said to have sprung up where her head hit the ground, and it kept a continuous pilgrimage tradition right through the English Reformation. Richard II and Henry IV both visited it. Known as “the Lourdes of Wales”, it became the National Shrine for England and Wales in November 2023. Her feast day in England and Wales is November 3.
Gift ideas with Winifred in mind
- For her feast day. A November 3 gift for a girl named after a Welsh saint.
- For Halloween. A spellbook-style journal for a fan of Hocus Pocus.
- For a piano student. A practice log for scales and ragtime.
- For a trip to Wales. A travel journal for castles and holy wells.
A notebook for every Winifred
Winifred’s Notebook works just as well for a teenager as for a grandmother. It’s 6" x 9", which fits in most bags, with 160 lined pages and no printed layout to work around. Use it as a diary, a school notebook, a planner or a place to collect quotes and ideas. A name on the cover turns an everyday notebook into something personal.
Why choose a personalized notebook?
A plain notebook is useful. One with her name on it is a gift. Seeing “Winifred’s Notebook” on the cover tells Winifred it was chosen for her, not grabbed off a shelf, and that small touch is often what makes people keep a notebook going instead of abandoning it after a week.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Winifred’s Notebook? 6" x 9", or about 15.2 x 22.9 cm. It’s a paperback with 160 lined pages inside.
Where do I buy it? Winifred’s Notebook is available on Amazon, which prints each copy to order and looks after delivery and refunds.
Do you have other names? We do, hundreds of them. Browse all name notebooks or read how to find a name on our personalized name notebooks page.
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