Terri's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
Terri works two ways. Behind the Name calls it either a feminine form of Terry or a diminutive of Theresa, and Wikipedia agrees that it is both a spelling of Terry and a short form of Teresa. So one Terri might be named after a Terence in the family, and another after a grandmother Theresa.
Behind the Name lists Teri, Terrie and Terry as spellings of Terri, and Tess, Tessa and Tessie through its Theresa side. Tess is the classic choice for a Terri who wants something different.
Terri Irwin, born in Oregon, is the widow of Steve Irwin and owner of Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland; together they made The Crocodile Hunter. Canadian Terri Clark, raised in Medicine Hat, Alberta, had three platinum country albums and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Jazz drummer Terri Lyne Carrington has played with Dizzy Gillespie and Herbie Hancock and founded Berklee’s Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.
Terri was a 1950s and 1960s name. US Social Security data has it at 95th in the 1950s and 64th in the 1960s, when nearly 64,000 American girls were named Terri, then 148th in the 1970s. Most Terris are now in their 50s and 60s, a good age for a notebook of travel plans or family history.
Terri Irwin’s Australian story began with injured animals. Wikipedia says that back in Oregon she founded a rehabilitation center for predators such as cougars, bears and bobcats. She met Steve Irwin in 1991 while visiting wildlife rehabilitation facilities in Australia, and they married the following year.
Any Terri, 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 Terri can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
How big is Terri’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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