Nita's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
Behind the Name calls Nita a short form of Anita and other names ending in nita. Wikipedia says it is a given name and also a short form of Juanita and Bonita. Behind the Name calls Anita a Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Slovene diminutive of Ana, so Nita is a short form of a short form. It is a tiny name with deep roots.
Behind the Name’s family tree for Nita lists the full forms Anita, Anissa, Ann, Anna, Annette, Hannah, Nan, Nancy and Nanette. Wikipedia adds the full names Juanita and Bonita. Nita is already a short form, so it needs no further shortening.
Wikipedia’s list of Nitas includes Nita Ambani, born in 1964, an Indian businesswoman, Nita Lowey, born in 1937, an American politician, and Nita Barrow (1916 to 1995), the first and only female Governor-General of Barbados. It also names Nita Naldi (1894 to 1961), an American silent film actress, Nita Strauss, born in 1986, an American musician, and Nita Talbot, born in 1930, an American actress.
Nita never appeared in a Social Security top-200 decade table, from the 1880s to the 2010s. Behind the Name’s US chart shows it ranked in 89 years between 1881 and 1969, best at 426th in 1895 and 955th in 1969, its last ranking. Georgia last ranked it 14th in 2024, so the name is popular in the Caucasus, though rare in the US.
Wikipedia’s Nita page lists Nita Kibble (1879 to 1962), the first female librarian with the State Library of New South Wales. It also lists Nita, a leading character in the Young Wizards fantasy series, and Nita, a character in Disney’s Brother Bear 2.
Any Nita, 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.
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 Nita can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
How big is Nita’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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