Jan’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Jan
Jan'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 "Jan's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Jan: meaning and origin
As a girl’s name, Jan is a short form of Janet, Janice and other names beginning with Jan, says Behind the Name. Janet is a medieval diminutive of Jane, and Behind the Name says it was popular throughout the English-speaking world from the 1930s to the 1960s. In much of Europe Jan is also a boy’s name, a form of Johannes.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Janet, Janey, Janie, Janelle, Janna, Jennie and Jenny among Jan’s relatives.
Famous people named Jan
The most famous Jan on TV is Jan Brady, the middle daughter on The Brady Bunch (1969 to 1974). Wikipedia says she was played by Eve Plumb, and many of her storylines involve her feeling overshadowed by her big sister. In the episode “Her Sister’s Shadow” she cries out the catchphrase “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”, later parodied in The Brady Bunch Movie and on Saturday Night Live.
Is Jan a popular name?
Jan was a 1950s name. US Social Security data has it at 142nd in the 1950s, when more than 26,100 American girls were named Jan. Behind the Name says it last made the US top 1,000 for girls in 1983, and reached 98th in New South Wales, Australia, in 1961.
Jan trivia
A Jan broke the news of the first ascent of Everest. Wikipedia says Welsh writer Jan Morris was the only journalist with the 1953 British Everest expedition, climbing to a camp at 22,000 feet. She sent the news of Hillary and Tenzing’s success in a coded message, and The Times published the scoop on the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, June 2, 1953.
Gift ideas that suit a Jan
- For a middle child. A journal that is all hers.
- For New Year’s Day. A January journal for fresh starts.
- For a hiker. A trail log for mountains and summits.
- For a retro TV fan. A notebook for classic sitcom nights.
How Jan can use it
Any Jan, 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 Jan 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 Jan’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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