Juanita’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Juanita
Juanita'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 "Juanita's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Juanita: meaning and origin
Juanita is the Spanish diminutive of Juana, Behind the Name explains, and Juana is the Spanish form of Iohanna (Joanna), the feminine form of Juan, the Spanish John. Behind the Name notes that Juana was borne by Juana the Mad, a 16th-century queen of Castile. Wikipedia says Juanita is sometimes given as a name in its own right, across languages, and Behind the Name lists a huge family of English relatives, from Jane and Joan to Joanna and Shauna.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Juana as the full form, and Wikipedia’s list of notable Juanitas includes the spellings Waneta and Wanita. Nita makes a natural short form, and Janie, which Wikipedia lists as a related name, is another friendly option.
Famous people named Juanita
Economist Juanita M. Kreps, raised in Harlan County, Kentucky, became the first woman US Secretary of Commerce, serving under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1979. Juanita Hall became the first African American to win a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress, in 1950, for playing Bloody Mary in South Pacific. And Juanita Craft, who joined the NAACP in 1935 and became its Texas field organizer, later served on the Dallas City Council.
Is Juanita a popular name?
Juanita was a 1920s favorite in the US. Social Security data has it at 156th in the 1900s, 91st in the 1910s and peaking at 54th in the 1920s, when more than 48,000 American girls were named Juanita. It stayed in the top 200 through the 1950s, at 144th, and Behind the Name says it was last in the US top 1000 in 2002. So most Juanitas are now grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
Juanita trivia
Juanita Hall played her famous roles twice. Wikipedia says Hall, born Juanita Long in Keyport, New Jersey, played both Bloody Mary in South Pacific and Madame Liang in Flower Drum Song, two Rodgers and Hammerstein roles she took to the screen as well.
Gift ideas that suit a Juanita
- For a theater lover. Show notes, in honor of Juanita Hall.
- For an economist. Budget plans and big ideas, in honor of Juanita Kreps.
- For a family historian. Recipes and stories passed down the generations.
- For Mother’s Day. A keepsake for a mom or abuela named Juanita.
How Juanita can use it
Any Juanita, 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 Juanita 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 Juanita’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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