Lifestyle Duana Names: Baseball Baby Hi Duana - I am a loyal reader of your column, and a serious fellow name nerd. My husband and I are expecting a boy - our first child - this September, and are at an impasse on names. Of course, we had JUST settled on a girl name immediately By Duana • Aug 31, 2015 11:30 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Christopher Carlton Cumberbatch According to the Daily Mail, Benedict Cumberbatch’s son has been named Christopher Carlton Cumberbatch. CCC. I have thoughts, as if you didn’t know. I don’t usually care about a monogram, but there’s something about the CCC that really seems unfinished. I’m not sure why. Maybe By Duana • Aug 31, 2015 10:17 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Knocking Out The Front Runner Hi Duana! We're expecting our second bundle of joy in September, gender unknown. We have our girl name set and ready to go, but struggling with the boy name. Currently the front runner is Liam (I know, I know, but stay with me) but I have a couple By Duana • Aug 28, 2015 02:44 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Lucy Liu’s baby Rockwell Lucy Liu has a new baby boy! His name is Rockwell Lloyd Liu, and while the name is not ‘outlandish’ or otherwise celebrity-esque, all the Ls at top-and-tails of all the names had me a little bit tongue-tied for a minute. Rockwell Lloyd Liu is not going to be mistaken By Duana • Aug 28, 2015 10:41 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: My Go-To Name Got Stolen Hi Duana, I have had a name for a baby girl for years. It was the only name that I really loved, and I had it planned for a long time. Unfortunately, my sister in law has named her new born baby girl that. I am pissed and really upset, By Duana • Aug 26, 2015 02:43 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The X-factor Hi Duana, My husband and I are on child number three and we are totally stumped on a name - somewhat due to our other children's names. We have a boy and a girl: Baxter and Margeaux. Those were both names we heard and were instinctively drawn to, By Duana • Aug 24, 2015 02:33 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Novel Names Hi Duana, I’m slowly and steadily working on a novel, it has always been a dream of mine to write and publish something. I’m thinking, that there is no time like the present, so I am going to go for it. It might take some time though, so By Duana • Aug 21, 2015 01:04 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Damn Birth Certificate Hi Duana! My husband and I are expecting our first baby in September, and we are so divided on a name that that's all we can talk about! Our girl name is set in stone: Evelyn. I read your column regularly and I know it's the By Duana • Aug 19, 2015 01:17 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Honesty and a Roundup Hello there, I have a problem. I really kind of like/love this name, but it's a double unisex. I think I know how you feel about unisex names needing to be paired with a traditional male or female name as to avoid confusion on paper, and I By Duana • Aug 17, 2015 02:19 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Letter That Made Me A Liar Duana! I am in need of help - I have a baby girl due in August and we are stuck in a rut with names. Everyone keeps writing in that they are all set on girl names, and stumped on boy names - I am the complete opposite. Had this By Duana • Aug 14, 2015 01:32 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Middle Name! Time Crunch! Hi Duana, We're due with our first girl in less than a month now and although we've been trying to be on top of it (picked out our first name within 3 months), I've suddenly been told "You should really have a middle By Duana • Aug 12, 2015 03:24 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Keira Knightley’s Baby name You know, every headline on this topic that I read said “Keira Knightley FINALLY reveals baby’s name”. Were we all waiting on this with bated breath? I feel like the low-key quality that led her not to announce until now is the same one that gave us maybe less By Duana • Aug 12, 2015 11:37 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Does she get the spare name? Hi Duana, Had a couple of babies, been there, done that. Two healthy boys, Alexander Vladimir and Walter William. Never got to use any of my awesome girls names. Odette, Analise, Andi, Ursula and Karmen. Now that we are done with kids, we are getting a dog. A female dog. By Duana • Aug 10, 2015 03:30 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Bar is High Duana, We're expecting our second girl in late August. My husband is Hispanic and we named our first daughter Paloma, partly because I loved the sound of it and partly to honor her Latina heritage. The problem is we have no idea what to name our second daughter. By Duana • Aug 07, 2015 02:52 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: How Do You Solve A Problem Like A Name? Before I begin – my inbox is FULL of adorable grandparent names and malapropisms that became grandparent names. Compiling them for us all to enjoy later. Standby! Hi Duana, Where do we/you start?!? We are only just pregnant after trying for long time to conceive. We are very excited but By Duana • Aug 05, 2015 03:54 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Jagger Snow Ross You know, sometimes – often – I rail about how people should try to give their children names of equal heft and style, so that they don’t feel they’re unequal from the start. You know, balance that sibling rivalry. I always think about the siblings I met at the park By Duana • Aug 04, 2015 12:37 pm
