Irma’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Irma
Irma'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 "Irma's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Irma: meaning and origin
Irma is a German short form of names beginning with the Old German element irmin, meaning “whole, great”, says Behind the Name. That makes it a relative of Emma. Irma began to be used regularly in the English-speaking world in the 19th century, and Erma is its English variant.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Erma as an English variant, Emma and Ima as Germanic relatives, and Irmeli as the Finnish diminutive. In Polish the longer form is Irmina.
Famous people named Irma
Irma Thomas, the “Soul Queen of New Orleans”, was born Irma Lee in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, on February 18, 1941. Wikipedia says she recorded “Time Is on My Side” in 1964, months before the Rolling Stones made it their first American top ten hit. In 2007 she won her first Grammy, for the album After the Rain, and in 2024 she sang the song as a duet with Mick Jagger at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.
Is Irma a popular name?
Irma was a turn-of-the-century name. US Social Security data has it in the top 200 from the 1890s to the 1920s, with more than 12,200 American girls named Irma in the 1920s. Behind the Name says it ranked 20th in Germany in 1915.
Irma trivia
Irma’s root word named a sacred pillar. Wikipedia says an Irminsul, Old Saxon for “great pillar”, was a holy object of the pagan Saxons, described in the oldest chronicle as a tree trunk set up in the open air. Charlemagne destroyed one during the Saxon Wars, and a church was built in its place in 783.
Gift ideas that suit an Irma
- For Mardi Gras. A notebook for a New Orleans music lover.
- For a soul music fan. A record log for classic singles.
- For a German family. A journal for a name with Old German roots.
- For a milestone birthday. A memory book for a grandmother’s name.
How Irma can use it
Any Irma, 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 Irma 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 Irma’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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