Lifestyle Duana Names: Long Weekend Reader Roundup! What I’ve learned is that I should ask you guys for help more often, you have some collective skills. Last week I asked for your comments on ‘Name the Art Baby’ and you guys totally came through (though I have to say that I did expect a little more By Duana • Aug 31, 2018 12:45 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Wish Fulfillment (Nick)names Hi Duana, I am pregnant with my second child (gender unknown), due at the end of August. I'm having a hard time settling on a name. My older child, Eleanor, is named after a beloved family member. I have loved the name forever and always knew I would By Duana • Aug 28, 2018 04:41 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Name The Art Baby Dear Duana, This is a bit off kid naming, but I'm having an art baby instead of a human one, and I am hoping you'll have some thoughts! I am an illustrator and artist that is in the midst of starting a brick and mortar retail, By Duana • Aug 24, 2018 03:02 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: When Is A Name An Egg? Hi Duana, My partner and I are expecting a boy and while I think we have the middle name nailed down, we need some input on the first name. So full disclosure - I too have an unusual name that has been mispronounced my entire life, which is maybe why By Duana • Aug 20, 2018 05:17 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Answer Is Already Inside You Duana, I've had "MY" girl name picked out for 12 years. I was happily surprised to learn Baby #2 is a girl due in August, and my husband immediately said, "Cool, we already have a name." Yet here I am, agonizing and overthinking and By Duana • Aug 17, 2018 04:51 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: If Not You, Then Who? Hi Duana, We're expecting our first child, a boy, in two weeks, and have been at an impasse for months. I'm torn between the '60s and '70s names I like and the names that are popular now (most of which I don't By Duana • Aug 15, 2018 05:10 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Short, yes. Simple – not so much. Hi Duana, I’ll keep it short and sweet. I’m expecting my second babe, sex unknown, end of August. Our son’s name is Fergus and we love it. Originally we had planned on the name Seamus but when our guy arrived it didn’t quite fit, so a By Duana • Aug 13, 2018 05:24 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Update - It’s Not About Me, Exactly… I mean, I should be making an effort to not have it about me, but I was so delighted with the response from the letter writer in the very personally-affecting Making It All About Me that I had to go ahead and make this the headline on a short but By Duana • Aug 10, 2018 04:05 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Tell Me You Love It Hi Duana, I need some help! I am pregnant with my first child, a boy. For the last couple of years my go-to boy name has been Noel, pronounced the English way, like 'knoll'. While I have been very open to other names and have narrowed down a By Duana • Aug 03, 2018 03:29 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Therein Lies The Paradox Hey Duana! (My cousin) and her husband have been obsessing over names for their 2nd baby girl, due in August, and are really stuck. I've tried to jump in with suggestions, but really nothing feels "just right." They have a 2 year old, Alivia Nicole, and By Duana • Aug 01, 2018 04:20 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: What’s This But Not This? Hi Duana, I'm expecting my second soon (the third week of July!), and am at a loss for names. Our first is named Beverly, which we're delighted with - not only because it honours a grandmother that I was close with, but because it seems to By Duana • Jul 27, 2018 03:57 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Cultural Can-We-Do-That? Help! Since I was little I’ve always known my daughter’s name would be Katherine but we all call her Kate. My name is a Polish variation of Katie but I’m not at all Polish (long story! Eye roll), which is Kasia. I loved the sentiment of it By Duana • Jul 25, 2018 04:47 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: What Dreams May Come Hi Duana, fellow name nerd here. I am two weeks away from baby boy #2 (Duana: Actually less now, this email came in a few days ago) and I’m having doubts about our chosen name, which hubs and I deemed “perfect” since the beginning of the pregnancy. His name By Duana • Jul 23, 2018 03:30 pm
Name Nerd Cardi B’s Baby Kulture Kiari I love it. It wasn’t instant. I had to sit with it for a second, think about it, and then decide. But I love it. I’ll get to the obvious Offset connections in a second, but first … You know that thing where certain names are so singular they By Duana • Jul 12, 2018 08:47 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: DAY-OF DILEMMAS Dear Duana, Our second child is due TODAY [N.B. Actually, the letter writer sent this yesterday!] and is still nameless! Our problems are these: 1) We absolutely knocked it out of the park when naming our daughter, Astrid, and we haven't come close to feeling the same By Duana • Jul 11, 2018 04:37 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Husband Of Infinity Forever Hi Duana, First of all, you must sprinkle some kind of visual crack into your articles cuz I swear my wife is addicted. What started off as occasional and passing “Duana says...” statements have now ballooned into full blown links and screen shots that are clogging up my phone memory. By Duana • Jul 09, 2018 05:15 pm
