Marcia’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Marcia
Marcia'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 "Marcia's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Marcia: meaning and origin
Marcia is the feminine form of Marcius, says Behind the Name, an old Roman family name, and it was also used as the feminine of Marcus. Wikipedia says it comes from Latin and means “dedicated to Mars”. It has been used in the English-speaking world since the 18th century.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Marci, Marcie and Marcy as short forms and Marsha as the main variant spelling; Wikipedia notes Marcy and Marcie too. Marcy is cheerful, and Marsha shows how the name is usually said in English.
Famous people named Marcia
Marcia Gay Harden, whose breakthrough came in the Coen brothers’ Miller’s Crossing in 1990, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing the artist Lee Krasner in Pollock. Juilliard graduate Marcia Cross played Kimberly Shaw on Melrose Place before becoming Bree Van de Kamp on Desperate Housewives. And Marcia Brady, played by Maureen McCormick, is the eldest daughter on The Brady Bunch.
Is Marcia a popular name?
Marcia was a postwar name in the US. Social Security data has it at 149th in the 1930s, 90th in the 1940s and 96th in the 1950s, when nearly 44,000 American girls were named Marcia, before 191st in the 1960s. Most Marcias today are grandmothers, many of whom have heard a certain TV catchphrase more than once.
Marcia trivia
Jan Brady’s complaint is one of TV’s best-known lines. Wikipedia says that, feeling overshadowed by her older sister, Jan cries “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”, a line later parodied in The Brady Bunch Movie and on Saturday Night Live.
Gift ideas that suit a Marcia
- For an actress. Audition notes, in honor of Marcia Gay Harden.
- For a Brady Bunch fan. A notebook for the eldest Brady sister.
- For an artist. Sketches, in honor of the painter Lee Krasner’s Oscar-winning portrayal.
- For a 70th birthday. Marcia peaked in the 1940s and 1950s.
How Marcia can use it
Any Marcia, 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 Marcia 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 Marcia’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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