Gayle’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Gayle
Gayle'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 "Gayle's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Gayle: meaning and origin
Gayle is a variant of Gail or Gale, says Behind the Name, and Gail began as a short form of Abigail. Wikipedia explains that Abigail is a Hebrew name meaning “my father is joy”; in the Old Testament she was King David’s third wife. Gayle was a popular baby name in the 1950s and 1960s, and it is occasionally used for boys.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Gail, Gale and Gayla as variants. Because the name started out as part of Abigail, Abby fits naturally as a pet form too.
Famous people named Gayle
Gayle King was born on December 28, 1954, in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and spent ages six to eleven in Ankara, Turkey, where her father was deployed. Wikipedia says she met Oprah Winfrey while working as a production assistant at WJZ-TV in Baltimore. She anchored the news at WFSB in Hartford for 18 years and now co-hosts CBS Mornings. Time named her one of its 100 most influential people of 2019.
Is Gayle a popular name?
Gayle was a mid-century name. US Social Security data has it at 158th in the 1940s and 153rd in the 1950s, when more than 23,700 American girls were named Gayle. Behind the Name says it last made the US top 1,000 for girls in 1982.
Gayle trivia
Crystal Gayle owes her stage name to a hamburger sign. Wikipedia says she was born Brenda Gail Webb in 1951, and when she signed with Decca, the label asked her to drop “Brenda” because Brenda Lee was already on its roster. Her sister Loretta Lynn drove past a sign for the Krystal fast-food chain and said, “That’s your name. Crystals are bright and shiny, like you.” The “Gayle” came from her middle name. Her 1977 hit “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” topped the country chart.
Gift ideas that suit a Gayle
- For an early riser. A morning-pages journal for a Gayle who loves breakfast TV.
- For a journalism student. A reporter’s notebook for interviews.
- For a country music fan. Lyrics and set lists for a Crystal Gayle devotee.
- For a milestone birthday. A memory book for a 1950s Gayle.
How Gayle can use it
Any Gayle, 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 Gayle 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 Gayle’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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