Name Nerd Duana Names: Short, Yes – But Not Like That Hi Duana! We are expecting our second son in a week, and he has no name. You were so helpful with our firstborn! I knew I had to turn to you for our predicament: We had a list of one syllable names (Hugh, Dean) but have lately realized that we By Duana • Mar 16, 2020 04:11 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: But What About… Everything!? Hi Duana, We're pregnant without our second--this time a girl. She's due in early April. Our son is Luca Alexander (Alexander is a family name) and he has a hyphenated last name (two syllable name that starts with S - another two syllable that starts with By Duana • Mar 13, 2020 04:10 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: (Grey’s) Anatomy of A Writer’s Room I think at this point in the Golden Age of Television, we need a word for shows that remain, against all odds, in our consciousness and vocabulary. Like the fact that Friends is so squarely 90s, but still clearly resonates with teens and 20somethings who weren’t alive when it By Duana • Mar 11, 2020 03:12 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Statistical Analysis, Superbly Annotated Dear Duana, I have eagerly devoured every one of your columns for years now, despite steadfastly professing (to anyone who dared ask) that I would never have children! But after stubbornly holding out for over a decade, fate stepped in and dealt us a sweet hand; two big fat X By Duana • Mar 09, 2020 04:18 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: My Sister Insists Hi Duana, I've written before, as I'm on my third. I have an older daughter Hazel and a boy, Jack. I'm working on a strong name for my third, a girl. The ONLY name my husband and I can agree on so far is By Duana • Mar 06, 2020 04:04 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Sign on the Dotted-Line Deadline Hi Duana - I’m in a bit of a name situation with my baby girl (third girl in a family of four) who is fast approaching her name registration deadline - 1 week to go. We have leant towards Astrid Flora as her name, but I have doubts now By Duana • Mar 04, 2020 04:10 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Can It Be This Simple? Hi Duana! We are expecting a baby girl in March and while we have some ideas, we haven't settled on one yet. My husband is Indian and his last name starts with an M and ends with an A. I am generic white person (mix of European stuff) By Duana • Mar 02, 2020 04:02 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: The Name That Begins At The End Dear Duana, Guess how many people in this world have the surname Lee? Over 100 million people, and my partner for life is one of these Lees. We are expecting twin girls at the beginning of March, but are at risk of delivering sooner due to a high risk pregnancy, By Duana • Feb 21, 2020 03:49 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Embrace The Clonk Dear Duana, Before finding out we were having a girl, we had two very solid boy names selected which, although I am very excited to be having a girl, am a little bummed I will not be using these names I love so much. The first is Jack Wallace (Jack By Duana • Feb 19, 2020 04:17 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Latest (ish) and Greatest Updates Okay, this has been such a pleasurable run of updates! You know I have feelings about including siblings in the choosing of their new little family member’s names, but I support the writer of Why Is This So Hard for choosing to look for other options besides ‘Donna The By Duana • Feb 14, 2020 04:32 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: The Almost-Updates, And Updates-Plus! Welcome back to another round of name updates – I love how excited you guys have been to read these, and I especially want to thank people who have sent their own updates after seeing some of last week’s columns! One glorious thing that happens in the writing of this By Duana • Feb 12, 2020 04:14 pm
Style Janelle Monae: Oscars Best Dressed (Duana) Last year, at the Emmy Awards, Lainey and I made the difficult decision to retire Zendaya from competition in any sort of fashion capacity. It was this epic green dress that did it, but to be honest, she’d been problematically excellent for some time, and we risked a can’ By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 04:22 pm
Assy Style Saoirse Ronan: Oscars Personal Worst (Duana) This is going to hurt. Well, for me. It’s going to hurt me. I am, of course, a huge fan of Saoirse Ronan. I think she’s skillful, clever, and nuanced as an actress, and I like watching her play the red carpet game. I’m just going to By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 03:51 pm
Oscars 2020 Joaquin Phoenix & Renee Zellweger: Arrested Award Winners? Joaquin Phoenix and Renee Zellweger have had the dubious distinctions, this awards season, of being the de facto winners in their categories almost as soon as the season started. Like, everyone sort of agrees on the Golden Globes being a pace setter, but other shows having the ability to move By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 03:19 pm
Oscars 2020 Florence Pugh: Committed and Chill? You know the one awards show custom I totally don’t get? Changing into a totally different look for the after party – or parties. I mean, I do get it, of course: why limit yourself to one outfit if you could choose two? I would have so much fun if By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 02:16 pm
Aging Gorgessity Gal, Brie, & Sigourney: Oscars Superhero Sisterhood Points to the producers who put this grouping together; I don’t know which of these women was secured as a presenter first or last, and of course there don’t have to be obvious links between the celebrities who present an award – like, what’s the connection between Ray By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 12:59 pm
