Frances’ Notebook: Personalized Journal for Frances
Give Frances a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Frances' 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 "Frances' Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Frances come from?
Frances is the feminine form of Francis, which comes from the Late Latin Franciscus, meaning “Frenchman”. The name spread across Europe thanks to Saint Francis of Assisi. Behind the Name says the two spellings were not split between boys and girls until the 17th century. A notable bearer was Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, known as Mother Cabrini, the first American to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Other forms of Frances
Frances has a wonderful set of nicknames. Fran, Frannie and Franny are the everyday ones, Frankie is the sporty one, and Fanny and Fannie were the old-fashioned favorites. Francine began as a pet form too, and the Spanish pet form is Paquita, which is about as cheerful as a nickname gets.
Well-known women named Frances
Frances McDormand won three Academy Awards for Best Actress, for Fargo, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Nomadland. Frances Perkins was US Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the first woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet. And Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote The Secret Garden and A Little Princess.
Frances’ popularity
Frances was an early 20th-century star. US Social Security data has it climbing from 41st in the 1880s to 9th in the 1910s and 10th in the 1920s, when more than 140,000 American girls were named Frances. It slipped out of the top 200 after the 1960s, so most women named Frances today are in their 60s or older.
A few more things about Frances
For producing Nomadland, Frances McDormand also won the Oscar for Best Picture, making her the first person to win Academy Awards as both producer and performer for the same film. Frances Perkins, meanwhile, was one of only two cabinet members to serve for Franklin D. Roosevelt’s entire presidency.
Gift ideas with Frances in mind
- For a gardener. Planting plans and seed lists, inspired by The Secret Garden.
- For a film lover. A watch list headed by Frances McDormand’s three Best Actress winners.
- For a working woman. Meeting notes and to-do lists, in honor of Frances Perkins.
- For a grandmother. Frances was a favorite from the 1900s to the 1940s, so it’s ideal for family stories.
A notebook for every Frances
Frances’ 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 “Frances’ Notebook” on the cover tells Frances 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 Frances’ 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? Frances’ 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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