Lifestyle Duana Names: Updates In Multiples, Spring 2017 Well, here’s the thing about updates—sometimes I don’t have any for a while, and then I have some all at once… and I always value that some come in days after the baby’s born, and others are rounding the corner on becoming toddlers. That’s great, By Duana • Mar 24, 2017 03:57 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: So Shall It Be Done Hi Duana, On the Netflix show The 100, the main character's name is Clark and she is a woman. I love that name for a girl. Is 'Clark' becoming a trend for girls? Has this come up on the 'Duana Names'? Also, what about By Duana • Mar 22, 2017 04:19 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: His Arabic Name So, Lainey and Sasha answer this question today on the Sasha Answers podcast. Their answers were thoughtful and heartfelt, of course, but they asked me to weigh in specifically from a name point of view. It was an honour to try to help. I need some advice regarding my son. By Duana • Mar 21, 2017 03:52 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Defying Categorization and 80s Soaps Hi Duana! I’m currently expecting baby #2 (due late April) and we are not finding out the sex. My husband and I truly love our daughter’s name – Ruby Kyoko. I know Ruby isn’t your favourite – too ‘pinteresty’ I think you said (haha!) but I just love it. By Duana • Mar 17, 2017 03:46 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: BIT OF A LONG ONE Hi Duana, I got married last month and hubby and I already have the appointment set for our IVF cycle next month – I am not getting any younger, you know... I am the anxious/planner one in the family, and then he makes the comment “I can’t wait for By Duana • Mar 15, 2017 05:38 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Rules! Made to be Broken? Hi Duana, I am expecting my second child in March and we are waiting to find out the sex. We are happy with a slew of girl names *(Margaret, Josephine, Penelope) but we are stuck on a boy’s name. WE want a name that “fits” with our first son’ By Duana • Mar 13, 2017 04:30 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Name Nerd Seeks Same Hi Duana! I’ve always been a name nerd as well, it’s so nice to read about a kindred spirit! Like you, I loved reading baby name books when I was younger. Kathleen sounds like a common name but I was always the only one and there were NEVER By Duana • Mar 10, 2017 04:18 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Course Correction Hi Duana, We are due this summer, so not for a while, but I feel like this baby naming thing is a big task and the more time we give it, the better. I come from a family of really good names. I have a strong 3-syllable name (Kennedy) that By Duana • Mar 08, 2017 05:11 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Natalie Portman’s Pre-Oscar Baby A Early in the week of the Oscars, Natalie Portman released a statement saying she wouldn’t be attending either the big show or the Independent Spirit Awards, ‘on doctor’s orders’. Turns out that was because her daughter arrived on February 22nd, and I swear up and down that she By Duana • Mar 06, 2017 02:38 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Does It Matter? Does ANYTHING? Hi there! First name nerd advice-seeker here. I wrote to you four years ago to get your take on our first child's name, a boy we called Theodore Roland Giguere Hodes. I need general name advice, but also want your take on something. I fancy myself a feminist, By Duana • Mar 03, 2017 03:54 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Lest We Name Him Tarzan Shaggy Hi Duana, As crazy as this sounds, I am expecting our fourth child in April. We already have 3 little boys and I love love love all their names. We have Emmett (from way before 'Emmett' was a thing), Andrew and Patrick. As you can see, we are By Duana • Mar 01, 2017 05:10 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Nick Cannon’s son is named Golden This is why. Why care about the names celebrities choose for their children? This is why. This name, Golden Cannon, tells you so much about who these people are and what they’re about. It’s so amazing. Not just because it’s an adjective, not just because it is By Duana • Feb 23, 2017 01:00 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Politics ruined my baby name Hey Duana, My husband and I are expecting our first child, a boy, the first week in March. And we had a name picked out we both loved - Rex. It was familiar without being popular, I think it is cute for a little boy and handsome for an adult. By Duana • Feb 22, 2017 04:23 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Secrets from a Favourite Sister Hi Duana, I'm writing on behalf of my older brother (actually, my favourite one but don't tell my other siblings). After a very difficult journey that lasted seven long years, my sister-in-law and him are finally expecting a boy! We couldn't be any happier By Duana • Feb 17, 2017 03:42 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Are you part of the 38%? Hi Duana. I’m due in March, but I’m such a planner that I know I’m going to be settled on a name long before that. We are all set for a girl’s name, but totally stuck on a boy’s name. What I want is something By Duana • Feb 15, 2017 05:33 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Tradition or Trend? Obscurity or Anglicization? Hi Duana, I have a question about name spelling. I love the Irish name Sadhbh. But I wonder if the traditional spelling might be difficult for most people to understand. I was wondering if the anglicized versions are ok to use? I've seen it spelled Saeve and Sive. By Duana • Feb 13, 2017 05:19 pm
