Lifestyle Duana Names: Yes, Asterisk Hi Duana, I don't plan to have children, so this email is purely for fun debate. Can you name your kid Illya if you don't have any ties to Russia, but really like the name? Can you use the name Ari if you're a By Duana • Nov 18, 2015 04:40 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: A Million Little Liams… I am due with my 2nd baby mid-November and the gender is a surprise. I read your baby names column obsessively as I am stuck on both a boy and a girl name. I do not want my kid to be one of a million little Liams, Ethans or Emmas By Duana • Nov 16, 2015 03:35 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Third Gets Four Hi Duana, We were somewhat surprised to learn that we will be having a third baby. As we have a boy and a girl already, we are really struggling with a name. Keeping up with the "surprise" theme of this baby, we have opted not to find out By Duana • Nov 13, 2015 02:40 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: You-know-who goes up the hill Hi Duana, Equally as excited and exasperated to need your help! I'm a longtime reader, and I have a name-nerdy passion that stems from having my own unique name: my parents started 'Riley' for girls long before it was trendy. I was the only one with By Duana • Nov 11, 2015 03:23 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Loyal Best Friend or Leading Character? Hi D, Long time fan of the blog and your column here, and I can finally use (and need!) your help. We are expecting a boy due at the end of November. We like old names that will travel well between English, Spanish and French as we are Spanish speakers By Duana • Nov 09, 2015 02:25 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: How To Play The Name Game Hi Duana I am expecting my 2nd girl at the end of this month. To put it mildly myself and my other half had difficulty agreeing on a name the first time around. I wanted Ellis or Archie for a girl. He wanted Kate or Anna. He refuses to entertain By Duana • Nov 06, 2015 03:24 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: For a Friend Hi Duana, I'm so excited that I get to write to you! I have no plans to have kids of my own, didn't think I'd ever have a reason to write. But I convinced a friend to let me write on her behalf, so By Duana • Nov 04, 2015 05:32 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Family – Stylish; Genus – Hipster; Species – Sub-Hipster Hi Duana! I have been reading your name insights since the beginning and am totally excited to be able to write in. We are due with a boy this fall and can't decide at all on what to name him. Of course, my girl name was picked out By Duana • Nov 02, 2015 02:09 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: For the Win Hello Duana! My husband and I are (beyond) struggling with coming up with an appropriate name for our daughter who is due early November. Prior to getting pregnant, I was obsessed with doing name research and still love a lot of names….for other people’s daughters. For some reason By Duana • Oct 30, 2015 03:43 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Making up a Monogram Hi Duana, I've loved reading this column and am excited (but overwhelmed) to have a need to write in. My husband and I are expecting our first child at the end of October. We are keeping the gender a surprise so we'll need both boy and By Duana • Oct 28, 2015 06:24 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Finding love for the third and last Hi Duana, I am due in late October with #3. I will not be finding out the sex until he/she is born and I need your help. I have two sons named Lincoln T and Callen X (unintentional "n" pattern noted after I started reading your " By Duana • Oct 26, 2015 03:36 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Nickname and Chill Duana, I need help. I think I've overthought and over-researched names until I have completely confused myself. I am due with our second baby, gender unknown, at the end of November. We are set on a boy's name - Declan. Our first child is Eleanor (middle By Duana • Oct 23, 2015 03:13 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: All The Worldwide Names You Love So while I’ve been recovering from the cold that will not die, and which is currently threatening to develop into the potentially WORST stealth side effect ever, you’ve been sending me your International Names that are ripe for co-opting. Herewith: I've always been a fan of By Duana • Oct 21, 2015 02:49 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Zooey Deschanel’s daughter is named Elsie Otter I’m just going to retype the headline above. Zooey Deschanel’s daughter is named Elsie Otter. Here is what she and her husband told PEOPLE magazine: “It’s Elsie…” Deschanel began, while Pechenik finished, “Otter.” “Like the animal,” the actress explained, with her husband adding, “Sea otter.” Elsie: Cute, By Duana • Oct 20, 2015 12:59 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Best Transatlantic Greetings I am writing you, asking you for an opinion on Norwegian/Scandinavian names. We are due at the end of October, and we're having a girl! We are both Norwegian and living here at the moment and we work in the creative field. The child will have both By Duana • Oct 19, 2015 03:08 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: A Present for Me! Today is all about me. It is neither my birthday nor my wedding day, but I am so sick with a cold that keeps getting worse instead of better, and so I’m feeling sorry for myself. So I decided to run a letter that includes a present to me By Duana • Oct 14, 2015 02:09 pm
