Reagan's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
Reagan comes from an Irish surname, says Behind the Name, an anglicized form of Ó Riagáin, from the given name Riagán. Wikipedia says Ó Riagáin means “descendant of Riagán” and that Riagán is of uncertain meaning. As a first name, it took off in the 1990s.
Behind the Name lists Raegan and Regan as variants. Rae and Rea are natural short forms, though the sources do not list those.
The surname’s most famous bearer is Ronald Reagan. Wikipedia says he was born in Tampico, Illinois, in 1911, graduated from Eureka College in 1932, worked as a sports broadcaster in Iowa, moved to California in 1937 to act in films, and was twice president of the Screen Actors Guild. He was elected governor of California in 1966 and served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Reagan is a recent girls’ name. US Social Security data has it at 174th in the 2000s and 102nd in the 2010s, when more than 28,800 American girls were named Reagan. Behind the Name says it has been more common for girls probably because it sounds like Megan, Morgan and Regan.
Washington’s closest airport carries the name. Wikipedia says Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport opened in 1941 as Washington National Airport, in Arlington County, Virginia, five miles from Washington, D.C. In 1998 Congress passed, and President Bill Clinton signed, a bill renaming it to honor Reagan. Part of the original terminal is still in use as Terminal 1, and the much larger Terminal 2 opened in 1997.
Any Reagan, 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 Reagan can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
How big is Reagan’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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