Zola’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Zola
Zola'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 "Zola's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
The meaning of Zola
Behind the Name has two Zolas. The English Zola is of unknown meaning, perhaps an invented name, in occasional use since the 19th century, and it matches the Italian surname made famous by the French writer Émile Zola. The Xhosa Zola, used for girls and boys, comes from the root -zola, “calm.” Wikipedia says that in South Africa the name means “be calm” or “be quiet,” with Nokuzola as a common feminine form.
Nicknames for Zola
Wikipedia gives Nokuzola as a common feminine form of the Xhosa Zola. Zo and Zozo are playful pet forms families invent. Most Zolas use the short name as it is.
Famous Zolas
Zola Budd, born May 26, 1966, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, is a middle- and long-distance runner who mostly trained and raced barefoot. Wikipedia says she competed in the 3000 meters at the 1984 Olympics for Great Britain and the 1992 Olympics for South Africa, broke the 5000-meter world record, won the World Cross Country Championships in 1985 and 1986, and set a British mile record in 1985 that stood for 38 years.
How popular is Zola?
Zola never made a Social Security top-200 decade table, from the 1880s to the 2010s. Behind the Name’s US chart shows it in the top 1,000 now and then since 1880, best at 363rd in 1895, then back in the top 1,000 from 2018 to 2021. Wikipedia notes the name is widely used in South Africa.
Fun facts about the name Zola
Zola can be both Victorian American and modern South African. Behind the Name traces the English Zola to the 19th century and the Xhosa Zola to a word for calm, so a calm Zola is living up to her name.
Zola gift ideas
- For a runner. A training log for miles, races and personal bests.
- For a reader. A notebook for French novels and book-club notes.
- For a yoga fan. A calm journal for breathing, stretching and quiet days.
- For Christmas. A peaceful holiday journal for Zola.
Who it’s for and ways to use it
This is a notebook for every kind of Zola: 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 Zola’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 Zola’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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