Val’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Val
Give Val a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Val's Notebook has her name in elegant script over a pink watercolor apple blossom cover.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Val's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Val come from?
Val is a short form, says Behind the Name, of Valentine, Valerie and other names beginning with Val. Wikipedia lists it as a variant of the feminine names Valerie, Valeria, Valmai, Valentina and Valene, and of the masculine names Valeri, Valentine and Valentino. It also notes that Val can be a variant of the Old Norse names Vald and Valdr, so it is a flexible name for any gender.
Other forms of Val
Behind the Name gives the full forms of Val as Valarie, Valary, Valentine, Valerie and Valorie. Wikipedia adds Valeria, Valmai and Valentina. A Val can choose which of those she wants to be on official forms.
Well-known Vals
Wikipedia’s long list of people called Val includes Val Kilmer (1959 to 2025), an American actor who played Iceman in Top Gun, Jim Morrison in The Doors, Doc Holliday in Tombstone and Batman in Batman Forever. The same list names the Scottish crime novelist Val McDermid, born 1955, and Val Demings, an American politician, so there is a Val for readers, movie fans and news fans alike.
Val’s popularity
Val is mostly a boys’ name in the records. It has never appeared in a Social Security top-200 decade table, from the 1880s to the 2010s. Behind the Name’s US chart lists it for girls in only one year, 988th in 1958, while the masculine Val appears on the chart in 50 years between 1882 and 1969, best at 523rd in 1952.
A few more things about Val
Val is a name that science has used. Wikipedia’s list includes Val Fitch (1923 to 2015), a physicist and Nobel Prize winner. It also lists Val Doonican, the Irish singer, and Val Lewton, an American film director, so a Val has company in labs, studios and concert halls.
Gift ideas with Val in mind
- For Valentine’s Day. A notebook for a Val whose name starts with the holiday.
- For a crime reader. A log for mystery novels and favorite detectives.
- For a movie fan. A journal for film notes and quotes.
- For Christmas. A short, sweet name on a stocking-stuffer diary.
A notebook for every Val
Val’s Notebook works just as well for a teenager as for a grandmother. It’s 6" x 9", which fits in most bags, with 160 lined pages and no printed layout to work around. Use it as a diary, a school notebook, a planner or a place to collect quotes and ideas. A name on the cover turns an everyday notebook into something personal.
Why choose a personalized notebook?
A plain notebook is useful. One with her name on it is a gift. Seeing “Val’s Notebook” on the cover tells Val it was chosen for her, not grabbed off a shelf, and that small touch is often what makes people keep a notebook going instead of abandoning it after a week.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Val’s Notebook? 6" x 9", or about 15.2 x 22.9 cm. It’s a paperback with 160 lined pages inside.
Where do I buy it? Val’s Notebook is available on Amazon, which prints each copy to order and looks after delivery and refunds.
Do you have other names? We do, hundreds of them. Browse all name notebooks or read how to find a name on our personalized name notebooks page.
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