Lifestyle Duana Names: Can I Do This? Hi Duana, I love your column and I'm glad I finally have a chance to ask you for help! I'm due in October and the gender will be a surprise. I've fallen in love with the name Persephone for a girl. But I definitely By Duana • May 25, 2016 04:39 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Chef’s Recommended Pairing Dear Duana: In 2014, I solicited your advice for a middle name for my first daughter. We ended up going with Mira June and we love it. I am due with a second daughter in June. My husband and I have decided to name her Margot. We are having a By Duana • May 23, 2016 01:23 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Updates You Want, The News You Need No, I’m serious. Think about it. This isn’t just for my benefit, glory, or shaming. These updates actually tell us about the people who resulted from ideas we were just talking about! It’s kind of like we all made the person together, except inasmuch as that’s By Duana • May 20, 2016 04:04 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: What’s Your Name, Man? Hi Duana, So I have a theory about pet puppies and babies. I believe if a couple raises a puppy or puppies together before they have kids, the baby(s) personality will closely mirror the puppy's personality. With that in mind, the reason I'm writing is By Duana • May 16, 2016 05:06 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Cute? Or Too Cute? Hi Duana, We are stumped! Baby #2 is upon us, another girl! My husband is officially outnumbered. Baby #1 is a girl. Her name is Vivian (Maiden Name - 2 sylls ends in a) (Last name - 1 syll). Both of which happen to be colors, one of which is By Duana • May 13, 2016 04:05 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: A name that speaks to All Of Me Hi Duana, I am a long time reader of your column and now find myself in need of your advice! I am currently pregnant with my second child, a girl. My husband and I have a boy named Leoardo and we are searching for a name to go with it. By Duana • May 11, 2016 04:57 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Amada Lee Gosling Yesterday the world learned about Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes' second daughter, Amada Lee, born on April 29th. As you may recall there was not even a whisper about this, say, three months ago. It first hit Lainey's radar about two months earlier and she gave you By Duana • May 10, 2016 02:06 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: My Way AND Yours Hi Duana! Ever since I was little I've loved to think about names, but now that I'm due to give birth to my first child, a boy, this May....I'm stuck. It's a lot of pressure! My husband and I have been By Duana • May 09, 2016 03:33 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Joyous Baby Name Updates You know, sometimes I feel guilty doing an update column, because, well, the new parents are the ones doing all the work for me. But they’re so much fun and so satisfying. Here’s an update to Unlikely Inspiration: Dear Duana, Thank you so much for the baby name By Duana • May 06, 2016 01:39 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Boys Who Make Sense Hi Duana, I had to google "twee" after you referred to my son's name as twee! It was your guess that Ryan and Blake would name their new lil one Greyson... which we had just done, so I know you may not be a fan of By Duana • May 04, 2016 04:54 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Oh, We’re Halfway There Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting boy-girl twins in early May 2016. We are super excited about this as the road to conception was anything but easy (IVF and the whole works....) and a LONG time coming...... We are a mixed-ethnicity couple, with me being a Euro blend By Duana • May 02, 2016 04:00 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Opinions! Go! Duana, Straight to the point, here is our short list of boy names Samson Dietrich Rex Do we have a winner here? We tend to gravitate towards strong hopefully non-pretentious names. I could go into detail why each of these mean something to us but that's not how By Duana • Apr 29, 2016 04:14 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Searching for Klarity Duana! I’ve struggled my whole life to come to terms with my name because not only did my Chinese parents give me a French name that they can’t pronounce, they had to go and spell it differently! They did the same cruel thing to my sister. It’s By Duana • Apr 25, 2016 04:25 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: On Musical Associations I have a twofer today because two letters came in that had such similar echoes of each other I thought, why not. Also, because just putting ‘Musical’ in the title will make Lainey scan suspiciously for references to THAT show… Hi Duana! We’re expecting our second, a boy, and By Duana • Apr 22, 2016 04:09 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: We’re Not Playing Hi Duana, My partner and I have been avoiding the "name game" like the plague. We cannot see eye to eye. We live in a bilingual part of the country, so a bilingual name is a must. With my first born, I waved the white flag right after By Duana • Apr 20, 2016 05:15 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession John Legend & Chrissy Teigen name daughter Luna Simone I’m so down with this one. I was asked about my predictions for this name a few weeks ago, and I said it was going to be a little offbeat, in a familiar way. Ultimately these two people are named John and Christine, and even though they’re both, By Duana • Apr 18, 2016 11:56 am
