Janis’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Janis
Janis'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 "Janis's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Janis: meaning and origin
Janis is a variant of Janice, says Behind the Name, and Janice is an elaborated form of Jane, created by Paul Leicester Ford for his novel Janice Meredith (1899). Through Jane the name goes back to the Hebrew roots Yahweh and hanan, so it shares its meaning with Jane and John: “Yahweh is gracious”.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Jan, Janie, Janey and Janet among the diminutives in the family, with Janice, Jane and Jayne as variants.
Famous people named Janis
Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur, Texas, on January 19, 1943. Wikipedia says she rose to fame in 1967 at the Monterey Pop Festival as the singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and played Woodstock in 1969. Her version of “Me and Bobby McGee” reached number one in 1971, and in 1995 she became the first female solo artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in her first year of eligibility.
Is Janis a popular name?
Janis was a mid-century name. US Social Security data has it at 169th in the 1940s and 181st in the 1950s, when more than 18,600 American girls were named Janis. Behind the Name says it last made the US top 1,000 in 1979.
Janis trivia
A Janis sang on the very first Saturday Night Live. Wikipedia says Janis Ian was the second musical guest on the show’s premiere on October 11, 1975, performing “At Seventeen” and “In the Winter”. “At Seventeen” won her a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, beating Linda Ronstadt and Olivia Newton-John, and her album Between the Lines went to number one.
Gift ideas that suit a Janis
- For a 17th birthday. A diary for the year of “At Seventeen”.
- For a vinyl collector. A record log for classic rock albums.
- For a trip to Texas. A travel journal for the Gulf Coast.
- For a Woodstock anniversary. A notebook for a festival lover.
How Janis can use it
Any Janis, 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 Janis 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 Janis’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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