Diane’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Diane
Diane'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 "Diane's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Diane: meaning and origin
Diane is the French form of Diana, and it is regularly used in the English-speaking world too. Diana means “divine, goddesslike”, from the Latin dia or diva, “goddess”, and Behind the Name says it shares an ancient root with the name Zeus. In Roman mythology Diana was the goddess of the moon, hunting, forests and childbirth, often identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.
Nicknames and variants
Di is the classic short form, quick and friendly. The name also comes in several spellings, including Dianne, Diann, Dyan and Dianna, as well as the original Diana. Behind the Name also links it to Deanna and Dena, so a Diane has a wide family to choose from.
Famous people named Diane
Diane Keaton won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Annie Hall (1977) and appeared in eight Woody Allen films. Diane von Fürstenberg is the Belgian fashion designer best known for her wrap dress. And Diane Sawyer was the first woman correspondent on 60 Minutes before anchoring Good Morning America and World News Tonight.
Is Diane a popular name?
Diane was a 1940s and 50s favorite. In US Social Security data it was 22nd in the 1940s and peaked at 17th in the 1950s, when more than 210,000 American girls were named Diane. It was 36th in the 1960s and in the top 200 until the 1970s, so most Dianes today are in their 50s, 60s and 70s.
Diane trivia
Diane Keaton was born Diane Hall. She took her mother’s maiden name, Keaton, because an actress named Diane Hall was already registered. Years later she starred in Annie Hall, a role Woody Allen wrote specifically for her, so her birth surname ended up in the title of her most famous film.
Gift ideas that suit a Diane
- For a moon watcher. Her name comes from the Roman goddess of the moon. Moon phases and night-sky notes.
- For a style lover. Outfit ideas and sketches, with a nod to Diane von Fürstenberg’s wrap dress.
- For a film fan. A watch list of Diane Keaton classics, starting with Annie Hall.
- For a 70th birthday. Diane peaked in the 1950s, so plenty of Dianes are celebrating milestones.
How Diane can use it
Any Diane, 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 Diane 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 Diane’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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