Lifestyle Duana Names: Risk vs. Reward Hi Duana! Long time reader, fellow name nerd and big fan. I’m expecting my first child (gender unknown) and, being a naturally indecisive person, am having a hard time with names. I have been thinking about baby names since I was in elementary school but now that it’s By Duana • Nov 26, 2018 04:34 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: MUCH OF A MUCHNESS Hi Duana. Our last name is short and Czech and ends in an ‘a’ sound. I’m leaning towards very feminine Italian/Spanish for the first name. The names we are choosing between are Isabela, Amara, Alessandra and Valentina. I like the way the pretty syllables and ‘a’ endings roll By Duana • Nov 23, 2018 05:12 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: No Sacrifice! Hello! I’ll get right down to it: we have two children, Freya and Ned, and in late November, we’re expecting baby #3. We love that “pause factor” you’ve discussed in the past. If it were up to me entirely, we’d have 6 children, all with shabby By Duana • Nov 21, 2018 04:00 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: In Search of a Burnt-Toast Badass Hi Duana, I am hoping you can provide us with some direction. We are expecting baby boy number 2 and with less than two weeks to go (baby is coming on the 29th if he doesn’t arrive on his own before then) we are still no closer to finding By Duana • Nov 19, 2018 04:55 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s Baby Kaavia I mean, I’m not made of stone. I love this. How could I not? The reveal of Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s baby born via surrogate on November 7th was more than just a typical baby announcement for several reasons. First because she’s been very open about By Duana • Nov 16, 2018 01:41 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names presents FNI: Forensic Name Investigation Hello Duana, I am expecting my second daughter at the end of November. My first is named Gwendolyn and she goes by both Gwendolyn and Gwen (the shorter version is much easier at preschool). We chose this because it’s classic, feminine but substantive and has nickname options. My husband By Duana • Nov 14, 2018 04:03 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: When Does Meaning Mean Something? Hi Duana, I have loved reading your column for the past few years. I am writing so late in my pregnancy as my father recently passed away in September. I am not as prepared as I always imagined I would be for my first pregnancy but "that's By Duana • Nov 09, 2018 03:02 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: If Every Day Could Be Christmas… Hi Duana, I am pregnant with my first (and potentially only) child, a girl. I'm due Christmas Eve so will have a holiday-season baby. My husband is 100% set on the name Gloria. I also love it, and if my due date fell at any other time of By Duana • Nov 05, 2018 03:43 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Surprise Middle – so what comes first? Hi Duana, I am pregnant, due in November. I love names and had no trouble naming my son, Luca, after having the name in my head for a decade before he was born. Baby #2 is proving to be a lot more difficult. My family is Italian and my partner By Duana • Nov 02, 2018 04:54 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: We Can’t Call Him Skeletor Forever… Hi Duana, Our number 2 needs a name because if we keep calling him Skeletor (based on one of those what your baby looks like now images) it’s going to stick. The problem is we really like #1’s name, but she was a girl and upcoming is a By Duana • Oct 31, 2018 05:02 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Everyone Comes From The Same Family We are expecting our second baby girl via scheduled C section the week of Thanksgiving. So I have a concrete deadline to name this baby. We named our oldest Mary Margaret and call her Maggie, a family name honoring my late mother and her great grandmother, and also my husband& By Duana • Oct 26, 2018 05:18 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Is It Written In The Stars (Or, Like, A Book)? Hi Duana, It’s funny you mentioning the name Avalon recently, (and Lainey talking about it the day after). I have two children, a girl named Avalon and a boy named Orion. I will soon be welcoming a third child, and I am wondering which names you might suggest for By Duana • Oct 22, 2018 04:39 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: If It Ain’t Broke… Hello, I am writing to get ideas for names to complete our family in a few weeks! My daughter, Samantha, was named after my big sister whose nickname was Sammy growing up even though it had nothing to do with her name (Tanya). While she will share the name with By Duana • Oct 19, 2018 03:55 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Lake Not Taken Hi Duana! I'm an avid follower of Laineygossip and your column, thank you for potentially reading this! :) We just had our son 11 months ago now and we decided to name him River. I basically had the name from the get go, but had a crisis around 7 By Duana • Oct 17, 2018 03:59 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Meghan, Harry, and The Royal Name-To-Be So the new royal baby is coming in ‘Spring 2019’, and as Lainey pointed out earlier, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s child won’t necessarily be a prince or princess – unless the Queen decides they will be. Protocol, you know. Protocol also says they also won’t be announcing By Duana • Oct 15, 2018 02:30 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: That Is A Name That Exists Hey Duana, Husband and I are expecting our first and probably only kid this November, a girl. Very excited! We are both tree/plant people. He's a tree scientist and I'm a landscape designer, so we definitely want a plant/nature name, but I'm By Duana • Oct 12, 2018 03:13 pm
