Name Nerd “Kate” Madden Calls The Shots This story just, it tickles me. For two different reasons, I think: Lainey was amused his morning over the revelation that Nicole Richie's daughter goes by “Kate”, as opposed to her presumed first name, Harlow. “But I guess when you’re a kid you don’t want to By Duana • Jan 15, 2026 01:09 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession A Family of Rs Rihanna has always been generous throughout her pregnancies. Obviously not intentionally for us but in continuing to step out and do her thing, without worrying about being seen, it’s worked out as an update on her status. As of yesterday, Rihanna hadn’t been clearly papped in two weeks, By Lainey • Sep 25, 2025 10:53 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Mahomes Family “Announces” Third Child’s Name Of course I understand why Lainey asked me to write about the Mahomes family’s baby names following the announcement of their third child’s name yesterday. What I don’t understand is why a headline I read when I was looking to verify details read: “Mahomes Family Baby Names By Duana • Jan 14, 2025 01:28 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession All The Ways To Feel About Darren Criss’s Brother I love a big reaction, from myself or others. “Understated is overrated” is my motto, even if I didn’t know it until just now. But I didn’t initially feel that way about Darren Criss’s baby name that came my way several times over the past 24 hours. By Duana • Jun 14, 2024 11:23 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost Named A Baby Man, things have changed. It’s not just because of the pandemic, but how much more chill is this kind of birth announcement, via Colin Jost’s Instagram, than the publicist-released announcements we used to get hours after birth? (For added hilarity, if you still f-ck with Michael Che – and By Duana • Aug 19, 2021 01:15 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession On ‘Lilibet Diana’ When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their son Archie Harrison – no ‘Archibald’, no long strings of historical names nodding to ancestors (or grandparents) – I crowed that they had chosen a name that was overtly about giving Archie his own life, his own path, unencumbered by the albatross of royal By Duana • Jun 07, 2021 10:30 am
Name Nerd Her Name Is Thandiwe The May issue of British Vogue features an interview with cover star Thandiwe Newton – and the entire piece is framed by that once-omitted ‘w’, and the correct pronunciation, ‘Tan-DI-we’. The explanation in the piece is that it was ‘carelessly missed out’ from her first credit, which seems both overly generous By Duana • Apr 06, 2021 01:18 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Man vs. Infant – You Win! Dear Duana, My childhood best friend alerted me to your column and we mutually decided I should write in. I was joking that I HAD to find a name by the time her new baby is born in September. Not for the purpose of being arbitrarily competitive with a baby By Duana • Feb 24, 2021 03:51 pm
Name Nerd George Clooney on “weird-ass names” I am mad at Lainey. It’s kind of amazing how much I say that, here or on the podcast, on a site literally called LaineyGossip – maybe the only thing more amazing is that I do it because we both know that when we say it, it means we’re By Duana • Feb 01, 2021 03:47 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Duana Names: The Ks have it – per Gigi & Zayn …& Kamala? Look, it’s not that I *didn’t* like Gigi and Zayn before, I just didn’t think about them that much. But I guess now I am gonna have to officially add them to my ‘actively enjoyable’ column. I never said I wasn’t fickle, did I? I paid By Duana • Jan 22, 2021 12:57 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Blanket Statements Benefit Balkan Baby Hi Duana! We're trying to settle on a Slavic or international name for our baby girl, but struggling to find a name that feels "right." We want a name that isn't super popular, but also one that both our Balkan families and English-speakers can By Duana • Jan 13, 2021 04:02 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: What’s in a “Baby/Baybi” Name? …Are we okay?! Of course we’re not. Is anything we’re going to discuss going to affect anything, or is it just distraction? I mean, I would have gone with the latter, if not for you guys. This is what we do, we listen to each other, take care By Duana • Jan 08, 2021 02:27 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: A Few Friday Updates! Man, do I ever love a well-named baby. First of all, aunt-of-the-year from Name. Needed. Now keeps her title by providing this timely and super-sweet update: Hi Duana! Your article was so helpful! Truly...you have no idea. The two first names you mentioned- Atlas and Hugo- were on their By Duana • Dec 11, 2020 03:11 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Talk Us Into Something Hi Duana, I've gone back and forth on whether to email you, and the closer we get to the due date, the less sure we are of a name. Here's where we're at: we're a Caucasian/Indian family with one little boy By Duana • Dec 02, 2020 03:45 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Name. Needed. NOW. Hi Duana! My sister and brother in law had twins two weeks ago and are still deciding on one of their names, which is causing a lot of post partum stress that they just don’t need (they’ve had plenty of other stress in their lives this year). Anyway. By Duana • Nov 27, 2020 03:30 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Double Fluff Love When serendipity arrives in your inbox, you have to roll with it. Lord, do I understand the inclination towards a pandemic puppy, and, provided people are adopting from reputable places, I think it’s a pretty understandable, dare I say, healthy, way to channel the absurd emotions of 2020. I By Duana • Nov 18, 2020 04:08 pm
