Lifestyle Duana Names: Double Order Up! Hi Duana- I emailed u about 2 years ago asking if the name Frank was any good and worried that if I had 2 boys (Frank and Austin) they might sound like a hot dog stand haha. Well we went with Frank and he is 1.5 years old and By Duana • Mar 29, 2018 04:56 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Feminist Like That Hi Duana, I am very close to delivering my 4th (yes fourth) child!! He was a surprise and while I thought I was done with the whole baby naming thing, I have now found myself dealing with it again and no better than I did the first 3 times. The By Duana • Mar 27, 2018 04:57 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Guess What’s *Off * The Table? Hi Duana, First off, I love your column and despite stressing about this I'm excited to be writing in and hearing your thoughts! I'm due in a little less than a month with our first (a boy), and my husband and I are struggling on the By Duana • Mar 23, 2018 03:02 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: And It’s Not Even My Birthday Dear Duana, Just like everything in my life, I'm cutting this one really close. Our daughter (first child) is due on March 15, and we are still stumped. I read your column religiously, and read The Name Therapist in my first trimester. I'm hoping you can By Duana • Mar 19, 2018 05:06 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: What Does it Mean To ‘Royal’? Hi Duana, I don't usually do this sort of thing, but I'm writing this with fingers and toes crossed that you respond to this email as I'm coming up empty for our third (and most likely last) child's name. It was so By Duana • Mar 16, 2018 04:42 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: That Would Be Enough Hi Duana! We are due with baby girl number 2 in March and I'm stuck on loving-but-questioning the name Tory. I can't remember where this name came to me from but I already find myself calling her "Baby Tory" in my head, for some By Duana • Mar 13, 2018 04:13 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: If You Please Hi Duana, I’m not sure if your name suggestions extend to pets, but here goes nothing! I am getting two Siamese kittens from the same litter this month, a male lilac point Siamese and a female chocolate point Siamese. Adorable pics attached! I already know I am going to By Duana • Mar 09, 2018 03:57 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: This Is Why Not Hey Duana! I am a bit of a name-junkie myself, and have carved out what I see as the *perfect* names for our little family. Growing up I was the only "C" name in a sea of "J' names (literally almost everyone in my family, 30+ By Duana • Mar 07, 2018 05:15 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The return of the HOMEWORK… Part 1 Oh, I am so, so excited about this. A few weeks ago I got a letter from a couple who disagreed over which names would 'fit in'.I asked for your class lists, hoping to prove that the name trends the husband was worried about wouldn’t really By Duana • Mar 02, 2018 04:25 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Names by… Us (and Them) Hi Duana, I'm writing on behalf of a friend who is due in late Feb. She is expecting a boy and has one daughter, Stella, a stepdaughter Anaya, and a stepson T'shawn. Quite an eclectic mix to say the least. Although she has a few faves By Duana • Feb 28, 2018 04:27 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Are We At the Intersection of Brothers? Hi Duana, I am due very soon with our second boy. We had very few ideas when naming our first, Daniel, and fewer this time, as in one. The problem is husband will not (has not) produced any ideas. None. He also has offered little feedback on what I’ve By Duana • Feb 23, 2018 04:50 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: ‘Marking’ and Mega-Updates I’m hard at work marking* your homework, everyone! Remember when teachers used to say that and you would agitate for ‘when are we getting it BACK?! When are we getting our essays back?’ I know this probably seems like it was the exclusive domain of keeners but I remember By Duana • Feb 21, 2018 05:06 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Name Drops, Several Letters At A Time Dear Duana, Hoping for you to drop some name bombs on me. My husband and I are expecting a boy (first child) in March. We have a handful of names that we sort of agree on but are having trouble coming to an agreement, mainly because of our long-ass last By Duana • Feb 15, 2018 04:27 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: How Do You Improve On Perfect? Hi Duana- I am writing for a friend because I so wish I had written to you before naming my twin boys 5 years ago! I ended up naming them Tate and Declan - I know you love Tate and I still rarely hear it - and I am super By Duana • Feb 12, 2018 04:33 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Loving Guts But Not Names Is love too much to ask?? I’m due in a week with #3 and struggling to even create a shortlist of potential boy names. We currently have two girls, Keaton and Blake. Our last name is 3 syllables (starts with a “B”, Italian) and I find myself drawn to By Duana • Feb 08, 2018 04:37 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: In Which I Give Everyone HOMEWORK! Dear Duana, My partner is convinced that my favorite baby names are too old fashioned. I am pretty set on the name Patricia for a girl (a family name), but I also like Antonia and Estelle. He is mostly onboard with Patricia... because he thinks she could go by the By Duana • Feb 06, 2018 05:37 pm
