Lifestyle Duana Names: What Do You Do With An Unnamed Baby? Dear Duana, Ok, so I probably shouldn't have left writing to you down to the wire but I hadn't made up my mind about my shortlist and Lo and behold, the baby arrived. We've narrowed down to two names. I am Chinese, and I By Duana • Sep 16, 2016 04:02 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: I Serve At The Pleasure Of…Who? Here's the lowdown. My husband and I are expecting our first in September...baby's sex to be revealed in the delivery room. I just got back from vacation where I devoured your book and decided it's time to start getting serious about name selection. By Duana • Sep 14, 2016 06:05 pm
TV Updates SJP in new Divorce trailer Here’s a little insider tip—if you want to annoy an agent or broadcast network executive, or hell, even a writer who’s had a rough week, use the word ‘dramedy’. Say something like, “No, it’s not like, funny, like it’s not three jokes per page, but By Duana • Sep 13, 2016 12:43 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: A Four Letter Word Hi there, When I was pregnant with my twins a couple years ago, I always wanted to write to you for naming advice, but I was way to overwhelmed to ever accomplish that goal. Now my sister is pregnant with her second child (a girl!) in September and we were By Duana • Sep 12, 2016 05:41 pm
Justice Smith Why Aren’t You Watching The Get Down? I’m part of the problem here, of course. Or, I guess if you want to get really real about it, Netflix and the Golden Age of television and life are the problems. But you know that feeling where you’re super late for work, and breaking your neck to By Duana • Sep 12, 2016 04:59 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Dealing with the Done Deal Dear Duana, It's taken me a long time to write this letter because every time I read the column about names it brings back very painful memories. At the time of her birth, her biological father and I were on the fritz but just trying to make it By Duana • Sep 09, 2016 05:07 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: We’re In Deep Duana! My sister is having her first baby in September, and we need your help. We are obsessed with names, and have been discussing this for years. I have a spreadsheet... We're in deep. We both grew up with unusual names for the time, which I think has By Duana • Sep 07, 2016 05:19 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Beach Baby Updates It's the very last Friday of the summer and I'm in full denial because I feel like we don't actually remember how to do summer until we're more than halfway through it. It's something that is partly a Canadian failing By Duana • Sep 02, 2016 02:55 pm
Dumbass Mark Ruffalo can be both I don’t know if you know this, but the internet can be frustrating. No, but seriously. That whole expression ‘this is why we can’t have nice things’ is always on my mind. When Beyoncé drops LEMONADE, there are people who, instead of appreciating it, say “Yeah but white By Duana • Sep 02, 2016 11:16 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Looking for a co-sign Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting our first child in March! Still a ways to go but I think we have decided on the name. What do you think of Coco? It has family significance, as it was the nick name of a beloved relative. That relative was By Duana • Aug 29, 2016 03:23 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: On Femininity, Frenchness, and Farting Rats Hi Duana! I am French, not pregnant and not intending to be anytime soon, but I like to read your column about name nerding as the cultural differences are always interesting to me. I particularly enjoyed the last one (that I've read, at least) about Vivianne, Vivienne, Vivian, By Duana • Aug 26, 2016 04:15 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Jamie Oliver drops Baby Name… …and it’s Richard! Okay, no. Nor would you expect it to be. For review, and fodder for people to talk about ‘crazy Hollywood names’ for the next 10 years, the fact that the Olivers are in London notwithstanding, Jamie Oliver and wife Jools have four older children: Poppy Honey By Duana • Aug 25, 2016 02:55 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: On Starbucks and Sensitivity Hi Duana, I love your name columns and have read them for fun, with no naming intentions for a while. My husband and I are finally expecting and we're overjoyed to find out it is boy/girl twins. We're due in August and have a list By Duana • Aug 24, 2016 04:44 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Short. Sweet. Not Simple. Hi Duana, After reading your Name Nerd column today, I decided to write in. I'm expecting a baby girl in August- she is our 3rd, and first girl. My husband and I had no problems naming our sons, Jack and Sam. I know these names aren't By Duana • Aug 22, 2016 04:34 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Correct Me If I’m Wrong… Hi Duana, My husband and I are at odds about how to spell the nickname of our son Julian. My husband is from England and says Jools is the correct spelling and that Jules is the feminine version. I think that it doesn't come as naturally (especially as By Duana • Aug 19, 2016 03:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Miranda, A Mermaid, A Memo, Mitigation Look, there’s a lot of news. Not everyone can know everything. It’s a proven fact, it’s not a crime. Can’t I be forgiven for reading this headline, scanning the article, and going ‘What? Lin-Manuel Miranda is going to play a crab now?’ So, no. He’s By Duana • Aug 18, 2016 02:18 pm
