Janice’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Janice
Janice'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 "Janice's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Janice: meaning and origin
Janice is an elaborated form of Jane, created by the American author Paul Leicester Ford for the heroine of his novel Janice Meredith (1899). Like Jane, Joan and Jean, it goes back to John and the Hebrew Yohanan, “God is gracious”. Wikipedia notes that Janis is a spelling variant. The book was a hit, and it became a stage play and a 1924 silent film, which helped the new name catch on.
Nicknames and variants
Jan is the classic short form, and Behind the Name also lists Janie and Janey. Janice belongs to the big John family of names, so its relatives include Jane, Janet, Janelle, Janine and Jeanette, and Janis is a popular alternative spelling.
Famous people named Janice
Astronaut Janice Voss flew in space five times, jointly holding the record for American women, and studied at Purdue and MIT. Marion Davies played the original Janice in the silent film Janice Meredith (1924). And Janice is the guitarist in the Muppets’ rock band, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem.
Is Janice a popular name?
Janice is a mid-century name. US Social Security data has it 42nd in the 1930s, 23rd in the 1940s and 24th in the 1950s, when more than 133,000 American girls were named Janice. It faded after the 1960s and left the top 200 after the 1970s, so most Janices today are in their 50s, 60s and 70s.
Janice trivia
Janice is one of the few names that can be traced to a single book: Behind the Name says Paul Leicester Ford created it for Janice Meredith in 1899. The story follows a young woman who helps George Washington and Paul Revere during the American Revolutionary War, and its 1924 film version was also released as The Beautiful Rebel.
Gift ideas that suit a Janice
- For a writer. A name invented by a novelist, ready for her own story.
- For a 75th birthday. Janice peaked in the 1940s and 1950s, so milestone birthdays are here.
- For a space fan. Star charts and launch notes, in honor of astronaut Janice Voss.
- For a Muppets fan. Rock on, like Janice from the Electric Mayhem.
How Janice can use it
Any Janice, 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 Janice 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 Janice’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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