Jaclyn's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
Jaclyn is a contracted variant of Jacqueline, says Behind the Name. Jacqueline is the French feminine form of Jacques, and it is also commonly used in the English-speaking world. Jaclyn trims it down to two syllables while keeping the French flair.
Behind the Name lists Jaci, Jacki, Jackie, Jaki and Jakki as English diminutives, and Jacqui as the British one. Jackie is the classic choice.
Jaclyn Smith, born October 26, 1945, is an American actress best known as Kelly Garrett in Charlie’s Angels (1976 to 1981). Wikipedia says she was the only original female lead to stay with the series for its whole run, and she returned for cameos in the 2003 and 2019 films. She began acting in 1968 in minor roles, and her films include Nightkill (1980) and Deja Vu (1985). Beginning in the 1980s, she developed and marketed her own brands of clothing and perfume.
Jaclyn is a 1980s name. US Social Security data has it at 141st in the 1980s, when more than 21,800 American girls were named Jaclyn. Behind the Name says it last ranked in the US top 1,000 in 2007, at 947th, and was 98th in Canada in 1989.
A Jaclyn helped launch a TV phenomenon. Wikipedia says Charlie’s Angels first aired on ABC on September 22, 1976, with Jaclyn Smith alongside Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. The show made all three stars, and they appeared together on the cover of Time magazine. Smith’s own name, Jacquelyn Ellen Smith, shows the longer spelling that Jaclyn grew from.
Any Jaclyn, 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.
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 Jaclyn can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
How big is Jaclyn’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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