Lifestyle Duana Names: Clock-watching and Overthinking We’re expecting our first child - a boy, due August 31st - and so far picking a name has been the most difficult decision yet….also, arguably, one of the few we actually have to make before the baby arrives (eep!). So far none of the names on our By Duana • Aug 28, 2017 04:47 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Just Like This, But Not I am getting (VERY) close to my due date and am having my third girl. I have a boy name I LOVE, Hugh, but we obviously will not be using that. The middle name will be Sullivan (another family name) and our last name is a direction (think Kim K’ By Duana • Aug 25, 2017 04:29 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: You Do You (or rather, her) Dear Duana, I'm due in the last week of August with my first, and I'm not quite sure what to do about girl names! The baby's last name will be double-barrelled. We have one name for a boy - Daniel, after my grandfather. All By Duana • Aug 23, 2017 03:59 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Perfect Update I’m on the road this week so here’s a perfectly landed update that is – I have to admit – even better than the just-about-perfect suggestions for The Perfect Fit Solution: By way of update, with the help of your advice, we landed on André (middle name Antonio) for our By Duana • Aug 21, 2017 02:52 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: After The Rainbow Duana, A few weeks ago my beloved 13 year old golden retriever Wrigley lost her battle with cancer. I was devastated. I still am devastated. It's been a horrible time. What makes it even worse is that her 'brother' Oscar my 10 year old golden is By Duana • Aug 18, 2017 03:14 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: In Which I Help You Steal My Job My co-worker/friend is having a baby (due late August), and recently moaned that coming up with names was "so hard." To which I replied, "OMG that's the most fun part of having a baby! I don't want a kid, but I desperately By Duana • Aug 16, 2017 05:06 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Accidentally On Purpose Hello Duana, I am 5 days away from my due date with baby boy number 4 and so far it looks like this one is going to be nameless! I have 3 boys: Jaymes Earl Mc-----, Owyn Danny Mc-----, and Rhys William Mc-----. We intentionally chose names with the letter By Duana • Aug 14, 2017 04:53 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Nikki Reed & Ian Somerhalder’s baby girl Bodhi Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed have announced the birth of their first child – a daughter, named Bodhi Soleil, and they didn’t know the sex until birth, and I know a lot about a couple who say they’re having a 'month of silence' after the baby is By Duana • Aug 11, 2017 11:11 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Breaking The Rules Because Baby Did…. I received a letter a month or so ago – then yesterday, an update, which is below… Hi Duana, Long time reader and lover of your name nerd column, obsessed with Show Your Work, and I just finished The Name Therapist (loved it!). Sidenote: I loved your assessment of Cheryl as By Duana • Aug 09, 2017 05:28 pm
Media Manipulation Vanity Fair Claps Back At Angelina Jolie “You come at the King, you best not miss.” Omar’s signature line from The Wire was my first thought after reading Vanity Fair’s published retort to Angelina Jolie. If you challenge Vanity Fair, you better be sure you’re right… and, it would seem, she wasn’t. The By Duana • Aug 04, 2017 10:42 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: What If We Like Them All? Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting our first baby (a girl!) in a couple short weeks, and as the date gets closer, the naming decision feels a lot more daunting. I’ve had a running list of names in my cellphone for the last five years (at least) By Duana • Aug 02, 2017 05:18 pm
TV Updates #NoConfederate Last night during Game of Thrones, while Cersei unleashed her full cruelty and Jon Snow wondered exactly how Daenerys got her waves so even and perfect, the hashtag #NoConfederate trended #1 across the US, and #2 worldwide, for most of the 9 – 10 PM hour. It was the result of By Duana • Jul 31, 2017 02:03 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: People Make Me Happy Sometimes I wonder if I’m full of sh*t because I mock cheesy greeting cards and email-chain poems but some of this name stuff makes me so happy. Don’t tell anyone, lest you ruin my ‘contrarian’ cred. But today we have two of the things I love most: By Duana • Jul 28, 2017 04:33 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Problem with ‘My People’ Duana, I'm desperately seeking your sage advice. Having read your fascinating book (and every single one of your name blog posts), I feel like I'm slightly more equipped to handle naming my still-yet-to-be-named little one. But with only a month, and the gender to be determined By Duana • Jul 26, 2017 05:33 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Girl Talk, Mindy’s New Project, and ‘Tante Céline’ Our podcast is always fun to record and often we’re having a celebratory beverage as we record – but this week we were recording moments (well… several moments) before running out the door to see Girls Trip. The movie had the best live-action comedy opening of the year, it was By Duana • Jul 24, 2017 05:43 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Is This A Real Name? Dear Duana, We're expecting a baby girl any day now and she will be our second child. our first born is a boy and we were able to find a name for him that we both loved early on: Aidan. We chose this name because it's By Duana • Jul 24, 2017 04:07 pm
