Baby and Bump Obsession Milla Jovovich’s Baby Name Let’s be honest, Milla Jovovich would not be featured for the birth of her child if she had not chosen a name that really makes my eyes roll. So she and her husband already had a daughter named Ever, which, fine, I dislike but can swallow, I guess. But By Duana • Apr 01, 2015 01:30 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Names help Careers Hey Duana, My boss and mentor is expecting her second daughter and is having a hard time deciding on a name. Her eldest is named Mischa, and the frontrunner right now for the younger sibling is Logan. Her main worry is that Logan is really popular right now as a By Duana • Mar 30, 2015 11:59 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: In Which I Give Generously Dear Duana, It's getting desperate. Our baby girl is due in April and we are having a complete culture clash. This is a longed for baby and likely to be the only one. I'm English and would love a name that is pretty, reasonably traditional and By Duana • Mar 27, 2015 11:49 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Love The One You’re With My husband and I are expecting our second daughter (due April 9th) and we haven’t finalized her name. Our first daughters name, Addison, stood out to both of us. We knew it was the name immediately and never second guessed our decision. This time around, it's not By Duana • Mar 25, 2015 12:04 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Double Middle, Side of Potter? Duana! Help! I'm due in March with our second and we have no clue! So, typical of many of your questions, we have a multi-cultural family and would like names fairly easy to pronounce in English and Spanish. The first problem is my husband happens to have an By Duana • Mar 23, 2015 12:00 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: What’s Wrong With Popular? (Seriously) OK, look, I just need something clarified- why is being Emma J and one of three Jackson's suddenly a cultural dilemma. This is new, the desire to be unique, the only Thisbe or Barthes in the school, city, province. I'm just genuinely curious to hear the By Duana • Mar 20, 2015 01:08 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Good for the Goose Dear Duana, We are expecting a little girl in May and we are facing a dilemma. My husband and I have been together for 15 years, and shortly after we got engaged a decade ago, we picked the names of our future children. We both loved those names. So when By Duana • Mar 18, 2015 03:13 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Can the Tradition Continue? Hi Duana, So let me bounce this off of you. I have a daughter named Lyrah, after her grandmother. I am expecting another daughter. The other grandmother's name that we like is Alameda. I like that both of these names are unusual and have family history. I' By Duana • Mar 16, 2015 03:15 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Vowel-free for Number Three Hi Duana, My sister is expecting her third daughter later this spring and is stuck on coming up with a name that fits with the Russian/Hebrew tradition of the first two (Raiyah and Mila) but doesn't also end in an -a. There have been soo many good By Duana • Mar 13, 2015 11:42 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Two! Two! Two names in one! Hi Duana, Totally wanted to do this on my own, but I'm throwing in the towel and turning to the expert. I'm 6 weeks away from D day, and not any closer to a name than I was months ago! My husband is Italian and I& By Duana • Mar 11, 2015 12:21 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Baby Brother Standoff Hi Duana! I'm calling out an SOS for a friend in great need of urgent Name Nerd assistance: My friend Kelley is due any day now and is completely stumped on a name for baby boy #2. Big brother is named Sawyer and is completely adorable with THE By Duana • Mar 09, 2015 03:04 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: An Update Roundup March 2015 I LOVE updates. Also, I know we’re supposed to be anti retweeting compliments, and I AM – but I don’t think this counts. You may consider me gloating. The Teacher’s Curse Update I emailed Duana and you published my letter re: The Teacher’s Curse. My husband and By Duana • Mar 06, 2015 11:55 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Avoiding Trends Love you column and need some help! We are due to have our second daughter in March and are struggling with a name…our first daughter is named Scarlett and we are looking for a name that works well with Scarlett but it also has to be a bit different. By Duana • Mar 05, 2015 12:06 pm
Name Nerd Carrie Underwood’s Son, Isaiah Michael. Don’t you get the impression that Isaiah Michael Fisher is going to be called “Isaiah Michael Fisher” all the time? Like all three names, as an official label, like ‘William of Windsor’? Carrie Underwood has named her baby Isaiah Michael, and I cannot actually find a problem with it. By Duana • Mar 03, 2015 01:21 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Names Are The Reason Hi Duana! I'm one of those girls who never wanted to have kids, but have been coming around to the idea, much to my husband's happiness (but no worries, he never pressured me into being a mom). And the main reason I'm coming around By Duana • Mar 02, 2015 03:13 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Is This Name A Curse? Hi Duana, I would love some feedback from you regarding naming our second daughter due early this Spring. I feel like I have spent several months looking every baby name book and list out there and am coming up empty handed. Here is the background on my hold up. We By Duana • Feb 27, 2015 02:12 pm