Name Nerd Duana Names: Whatever He Likes This Week Hi Duana, I'm due in just over a month with my first and only child who we have already named Grayson. It was quick and easy, decided years ago and though the new popularity of the name bums me out, it's his name no matter what. By Duana • Jul 26, 2019 03:25 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: What’s In Bloom? Hi Duana, My cousin told me she reached out to you when naming her daughter and that you were very helpful. I'd love to hear your thoughts and advice on our situation if you care to read it:) My husband and I are expecting a baby girl and By Duana • Jul 24, 2019 04:25 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Doesn’t Look Like Anything To Me Hi Duana! So I had an ex-boyfriend who had sisters named Annabelle and Daniella. Annie and Dani. Ooooof I always thought. That wasn’t thought through. And now - having married a different bloke- I’m about to do the same thing again and can’t stop thinking about it. By Duana • Jul 19, 2019 03:54 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Is The Question What? Or Why? Dear Duana, My husband and I are expecting our first child. Gender is unknown. We are floating around a couple of girl names and just need to narrow it down between Lilith and Celeste. We are stuck coming up with a boy’s name because we’re stuck on one By Duana • Jul 17, 2019 04:59 pm
TV Updates 2019 Emmy Award Nominations Hot take: Everything that is happening in entertainment culture is happening at the Emmys this year. Hotter take: these awards will be more important than the Oscars. Yeah, I said it. Here is my supporting evidence: First of all, the comedy between nomination presenters D’Arcy Carden and Ken Jeong By Duana • Jul 16, 2019 04:31 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Does It Have My Heart? Hi Duana, My husband and I are expect our first baby and we want to pay tribute to family. If it’s a boy, we are both agreed on William Gordon. Family names from both his side and mine. Now the real challenge is the girl’s name. I want By Duana • Jul 15, 2019 04:38 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: He’s Here! His Name Isn’t Hi Duana, I'm a big fan of your column and it was super helpful in choosing the name of our daughter. Our son was born a few weeks ago and we're being super indecisive about his name! We've gone 2 weeks with no name By Duana • Jul 12, 2019 04:11 pm
TV Updates Mindy Kaling Beats Everyone, Again I mean, at this point it shouldn’t really be news. Mindy Kaling has made an entire career out of subverting expectations, doing what couldn’t be done, and arching an eyebrow at you when she’s asked “how she did it”, before coldly asking “why would you think I By Duana • Jul 10, 2019 03:41 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: The H Factor Hi Duana, Love your name column. Hoping you can offer some advice and feedback. We’re expecting a baby and we’re not sure of the gender. We’ve got two girls already, Jiya ( pronounced Gee-ah), Ela (pronounced Eh-lah)... and we’re not sure what name to use for the By Duana • Jul 08, 2019 04:34 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: The Name Brought Us To Our Knees Hi Duana, The husband and I have very different taste in names. We are expecting a baby at the end of Summer – gender unknown – and we are having trouble coming to any sort of agreement on a girls name. Our plan is to have 2 names each per gender and By Duana • Jul 05, 2019 01:34 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: The Chipmunk Factor Dear Duana, I'm a huge fan and have read your book and followed your column for years. Having said that, I never thought I'd be in such an indecisive position to actually require your assistance. But here I am, merely weeks away from welcoming our newest By Duana • Jul 03, 2019 03:35 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Fame, In A Name Hi Duana, I've been such a fan of yours for a long time, and have been reading your column since long before I ever thought about getting pregnant! I really hope that you're able to help us out with our naming dilemma. My husband and I By Duana • Jun 28, 2019 03:01 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Keanu & Rihanna Don’t (Seem to) Care. That’s the Key We are back for our final episode of this season, and our slight break made the episode even better. A few weeks ago Lainey decided to gang up on me, implying that I’d say there’s nothing to talk about where Keanu Reeves is concerned, because he’s such By Duana • Jun 26, 2019 02:10 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Who Else Am I Mad About? Hi Duana, I wonder if you'd consider helping me name my new beagle? Lainey's kick-assedness aside (which I 100% admire and wish I was more like), I think I've always been partial to her because of the beagles. I think beagle owners really get By Duana • Jun 25, 2019 02:52 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Reality Names Hi Duana, We are expecting our second daughter at the beginning of July. We need some name help. With our first, we very quickly fell in love with the name Nora. We still love it and when I say her name it almost comes out of my mouth in a By Duana • Jun 21, 2019 03:17 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Good News – You’re Behind! Hi Duana, I am due with a second child in June. It is a girl, and we already have our Rose who will be two when the second is born. Rose was easy for us to name, and we chose Mae Lynn as her middle name(s), one of which By Duana • Jun 19, 2019 03:51 pm
