Baby and Bump Obsession Carey Mulligan’s Baby Is Called…. Last night, at the premiere of Suffragette, Carey Mulligan revealed the details about her baby that people were clamouring to know. (Some people. I had forgotten if we’re being honest.) The baby is a girl, she was born three weeks ago, and her name? Well, she says that she By Duana • Oct 13, 2015 10:56 am
Name Nerd Raven-Symoné mocks names she can’t abide The other day on The View, Raven-Symoné said she would be discriminatory towards people with certain names. You know which kinds of names. The kinds of names people laugh about, that become punchlines. Never, ever, say, Phillip. To be clear, the hosts were referencing a study about racism in judging By Duana • Oct 12, 2015 01:13 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: This email arrived entitled ‘Seriously, we’re f*cked’ Hi Duana, For the last 15+ years, I have been a name nerd. I have an unusual name, and I come from a family of unusual names and nicknames. I had been carefully collecting and curatinga list of names for my future child and fiercely protecting them so word wouldn& By Duana • Oct 09, 2015 03:30 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Fix the Nick Hi Duana, We are expecting our first, a little boy, in late October, and my husband is insisting on a junior unless I have another name I'm truly passionate about (which unfortunately I don't). The thing is, his name is kind of a pretentious one for By Duana • Oct 07, 2015 02:23 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Strife, Drama, and definitely not Otto Hi Duana, We are expecting our second child in early October and we are not finding out the sex. We have a daughter named Alice (thankfully the royals side-stepped it!). We know it’s not really unique, but it’s not widely used where we live…(yet). Coming up with By Duana • Oct 05, 2015 03:27 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Within The Parameters We could really use some help. We are expecting in two weeks (yes cutting it close) and although my husband thinks we've landed on names, I'm feeling very uncertain. We are both francophones. Baby will have his last name (two-syllable French last name that starts with By Duana • Oct 02, 2015 02:03 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Getting the L out A little housekeeping: A big shout-out to Samantha who knew that the nerdiness of me was referencing the 8-child Pike family in the BSC books by saying I associated Margo with Byron in this column. I didn’t reply to her before because I was having email issues. I think By Duana • Sep 30, 2015 01:58 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Not, you know, You-neek Hi Duana! Love your advice. So here's our predicament. Baby 2, whose sex we will not find out, is due October 8th. Our 1st, a girl, is Linden. We LOVE Linden because it is unique but not you-neek, it's a real but underused name, and it By Duana • Sep 28, 2015 03:18 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Adam and Leighton have an Arlo Leighton Meester gave birth to her baby with Adam Brody like a while ago. August 4th. In a hospital way out of town, so that you wouldn’t know and chase them while they took their first shaky walks with the stroller or yell at them for using the baby By Duana • Sep 25, 2015 12:30 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Names We Cannot Use Dear Duana, Help! We are expecting our second son in early October. We had a difficult time naming our first son but once he was born settled on the perfect name for him, Mathis Alexander. You see, my husband is a teacher and I work with rescue dogs and have By Duana • Sep 23, 2015 02:13 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Annoy Like The Wind! Hi Duana, I have a question that will probably annoy you on TWO levels lol. Sorry in advance! I am pregnant with our first girl and have a long history of Charles in our family. I've always wanted to call a baby girl Charlie as a twist on By Duana • Sep 16, 2015 02:41 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Perfect or Pretentious? Hi Duana, My husband and I are in need of your help. I am due at the end of October with twins, and we are searching to find names for our new babies that we love just as much as our two older children. We already have a boy named By Duana • Sep 14, 2015 03:01 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: End-of-summer updates! The other day I got a letter asking if people ever update me on what they named their babies. WHY YES THEY DO! Here are a few that I received lately, assume bragging rights are implied where applicable… First, from the author of ‘No Schmance’: Hi Duana, sorry for the By Duana • Sep 11, 2015 04:39 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Popular! I want to be Pop-u-u-lar! Hi Duana! I am due in early October, and baby's sex will be a surprise. We have a list of names, and despite my insisting that Liam is too popular my husband really, really loves it. I do too, but I just really do not want my kid By Duana • Sep 09, 2015 03:04 pm
Lifestyle Duana names: Crowdsourcing the second position Dear Duana, I’m writing in on behalf of my coworker, who is due at the end of September. Quickly after finding out she was having a girl, she and her husband decided on the first name Lucy, since her Grandfather used to call her “Little Lulu” as a child. By Duana • Sep 04, 2015 02:34 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: International Coffees Hi Duana, I am a single female physician in her early 30’s - having my first child, a girl. I am still stuck on naming her and since I don't have a partner there is no one to help me come to a solid conclusion. For the By Duana • Sep 02, 2015 04:27 pm
