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
TV Updates JonBenet Ramsey gets the Cold Case treatment I’m reading a whodunit right now where, halfway through, we’re beginning to turn our eyes on the sweetest, most innocent one. It’s early enough that I know that’s not the end result—or at least, I hope not. But I also feel like it’s too By Duana • Aug 18, 2016 12:13 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names:….And Called It Macaroni Hi Duana, My sister, Dominika, is one week over her due date and totally dunzo. She and my BIL, Paul, still don’t know the gender and have no names at all! They have "writer's block" when it comes to names and have begged for your By Duana • Aug 17, 2016 04:04 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: One for you, One for me Hi Duana, I've re-read every name post you've ever written hoping a name (the name) would magically jump out at me. We are expecting baby #3 in early August and are stuck on a boy's name. There is a good chance the baby is By Duana • Aug 15, 2016 03:15 pm
TV Updates The Affair Expands in Season 3 We’d probably be hearing a lot more from the TCAs – the Television Critics Association – if the Olympics weren’t on. But how can you focus on a show that’s coming back in a month or three when there are people javelin-ing and trampoline-ing in colours of spandex we By Duana • Aug 12, 2016 03:35 pm
Will Simone Happen? (Name Nerd Olympic/Twitter Edition) Late last night or early this morning, I got a couple of tweets, (from Mindi and Frannie, respectively) asking me a very astute question and also providing a welcome respite from the ongoing ‘Delphi’ debate. Both wanted to know, after the incredible stories of gold By Duana • Aug 12, 2016 02:02 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Family Name Dynamics Hi Duana! I'm due to have my first child in early January. My husband and I have decided not to find out the sex, so we have been tossing around boy and girl names. We're in good shape for boy names, but the girl names have By Duana • Aug 10, 2016 03:17 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Megan Fox & Brian Austin Green’s 3rd Son Were you, like me, still under the misapprehension that these two were getting divorced? In fact, they’ve just had a baby…not that those are mutually exclusive, of course. You can have a baby and a divorce, although sometimes one is used to stop another, in both directions. Not By Duana • Aug 10, 2016 12:45 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Everything is Ennui Dear Duana, I have a sweet yet spunky daughter named Flora. I get that some people find the name choice strange (bacteria! margarine!), but overwhelmingly, the reaction has been positive. It helps that we live close to Italy! The name struck a chord with me because I'm a By Duana • Aug 08, 2016 03:36 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: How Can One Letter Matter So Much? Hi Duana My husband and I are expecting our first child at the end of August. She will be the first grandchild on both sides of the family and after struggling with infertility issues everyone is very excited that she is finally on her way! I have been dreaming about By Duana • Aug 05, 2016 03:59 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: When Calls The Bard Hey Duana, I hope this email finds you well. My husband and I need a bit of help naming our 2nd baby girl coming along this August. My big problem at the moment is that I kind of have an earworm of a name rattling around in my head that By Duana • Aug 03, 2016 04:31 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Get In The Ring Hi Duana, I know your focus has pretty much exclusively been human names (real life babies and characters) - but would you consider helping out with horse names? It’s been 21 years since I last owned one, but yesterday I bought a new horse. He’s got an interesting By Duana • Jul 29, 2016 03:03 pm
