Etta’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Etta
Etta'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 "Etta's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Etta: meaning and origin
Etta is a short form of Henrietta and other names that end with etta, says Behind the Name. Henrietta is a Latinate form of Henriette, brought to England by Henriette Marie, wife of Charles I. Wikipedia adds that Etta can also shorten Antonietta and similar -etta names, and that it appears as a given name in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish as well.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name links Etta with Henrietta, Harriet, Harriett and Henriette among English and related forms. Ettie is a further soft spelling. Henrietta is the usual formal expansion when Etta needs a longer baptismal name.
Famous people named Etta
Etta James, born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938, and died January 20, 2012, was an American singer and songwriter. Wikipedia says she performed gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, rock and roll and soul, and gained fame with hits such as “The Wallflower” (1955) and “At Last” (1960). Behind the Name notes that she took her stage name from her real given name Jamesetta.
Is Etta a popular name?
Etta was strong at the end of the 19th century. US Social Security data has it in the top 200 in the 1880s, 1890s and 1900s, highest at 77th in the 1880s, with more than 12,600 American girls named Etta across those decades. Behind the Name no longer lists a recent US ranking for Etta. Short -etta names later faded as Henrietta and Harriet took the formal slot.
Etta trivia
Etta James built her stage name from Jamesetta. Behind the Name says she clipped her real given name into Etta James, a neat reverse of the usual nickname path. That makes her one of the rare famous Etta who started from a longer invented form rather than from Henrietta.
Gift ideas that suit an Etta
- For a blues fan. A lyric journal for standards, clubs and late sets.
- For a vinyl collector. A notebook for pressings, labels and listen dates.
- For Valentine’s Day. A romantic diary that still fits a classic love song.
- For Christmas. A soulful holiday journal for Etta.
How Etta can use it
Any Etta, 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 Etta 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 Etta’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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