Lifestyle Duana Names: Found The Needle! Hi, Duana! Hoping for some quick help. I've just found out that I'll be delivering at 34 weeks on March 11, due to some complications that have also landed me in the hospital on bed rest. All this time with nothing to do has me going By Duana • Feb 27, 2019 04:09 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Purgatory Panic Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting our second boy in just four weeks and we are stuck in name purgatory. We had our hearts set on August but our families lambasted us on that months ago and we haven’t been able to recover the original spark we By Duana • Feb 22, 2019 04:36 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Found Something Amazing, Now More Searching Hi Duana, Baby #2 is on the way in February and we've just found out it's another boy. Our first is Baden Eric. My partner suggested Baden ("bay-din") as a future baby name after we went for a little hike on the Baden-Powell Trail By Duana • Feb 20, 2019 04:10 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: She Drives Me Crazy Hi! The discussion of naming - and specifically, car-naming, on Show Your Work this week directly inspired this email. See, I've had my "new" car for two years now, and keep trying to name her, but nothing has stuck. My "old" car - a By Duana • Feb 15, 2019 05:23 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Trying Hard Not To Try Hi Duana! My husband and I will be welcoming our third child this Spring. Our older two children are elementary aged. Our oldest is Vivienne Kathleen. Our son, is Bennett Michael. We do not plan on finding out our third child’s gender until birth. As you can guess, we By Duana • Feb 13, 2019 04:15 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Too Far To Travel? Hi Duana! I am pregnant with my second child, a boy, due in mid-February. We are nameless, but with two possibilities that are at extreme ends of the spectrum. I had at one time been really invested in the name River, but I’m conflicted for two reasons, one big By Duana • Feb 11, 2019 04:26 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Is the Answer Unfinished? Hi Duana! I am expecting my first, a baby boy on February 11th, and some last minute help would be greatly appreciated. My husband and I can’t seem to get on the page about names (I like unusual off the wall names and he is a lot more traditional) By Duana • Feb 08, 2019 04:18 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Let Her Be Her Hi Duana, Here's the situation - one of the lovely moms from my son's soccer team had a baby girl two weeks ago. Their favourite name (only name on the list) is Jodie. However her last name is the same as a famous actress who also By Duana • Feb 01, 2019 05:22 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Opposite Of All That Hi Duana, I’ve been combing through your old columns for inspiration and finally decided to reach out on my own. My husband and I are expecting child #2, a boy, at the end of January. With our daughter, we didn’t have too much trouble coming up with names, By Duana • Jan 30, 2019 04:51 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Beyond Steve & Dave Hi Duana, I have been reading your column for years, as a lover of the stories of names, where they come from and how they fit into a family. It is now my turn and one of my first thoughts of course was names, and your advice. We are expecting By Duana • Jan 25, 2019 05:03 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Things You Don’t Need To Worry About Hi Duana, we are expecting our second (and definitely last) child this summer. While our daughter's name came about easily- Evangeline Marian (goes by Evie most of the time)- things haven't been so easy coming up with a name for #2, a little boy. Right By Duana • Jan 23, 2019 05:11 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Don’t Go Justin On Me Hi Duana, We are trying to come up with a name for our second son, due at the end of January. Our older son is Arthur William. His suggestion for his little brother is Cabooster, and while we've told him we'll put it on the list, By Duana • Jan 21, 2019 04:12 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Get To The Goods NEED YOUR HELP! I’m pregnant with my second baby and it’s a BOY! We are looking for names that start with “G” and I’m at a standstill. I have a few favourites but don’t love what my baby name books are giving me. Help! Well. Some By Duana • Jan 18, 2019 03:59 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Don’t Go Default Hi Duana, I love reading your column and am excited to finally have a reason to write in myself. I'm due with a boy in January. My husband and I already have two girls: my 12 year old stepdaughter named Avery Marie and a 2 year old named By Duana • Jan 16, 2019 05:00 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Let’s Actually Do This Dear Duana, I'm a huge fan of your column but, having no kiddos or pets, wondered if I'd ever get to ask you a naming question. Well, Duana, the time has come: after 8+ years of marriage, my husband and I have bought our first two By Duana • Jan 14, 2019 04:29 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Who’s Wrong And How Much? Hey Duana! We are due January with our first, and will be our only, baby. We are expecting a baby girl. While my husband either prefers 80’s names (Jennifer, Monica) or 50’s names (think Sandra and Sally), I lean towards more unique and original less common names which By Duana • Jan 11, 2019 04:58 pm
