Lifestyle Duana Names: We Agree….Now What? Hi Duana, I'm expecting my first after multiple losses - we are so pumped! The husband and I have always agreed on a name for a boy: Gus. We love it! But is it too hipster ironic? Also, are we obligated to give Gus a more formal first By Duana • Dec 10, 2014 02:12 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Delight! (and gloating) Hi, Duana! I've been reading your Names column for a long time now and you have totally and completely sold me on the name Otto. I am pregnant with my second child and I'm pretty sure it's a boy, but I don't By Duana • Dec 08, 2014 11:32 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: From the grandmas Ok Duana: I have a couple of questions for you! My husband and I are expecting our first child and we are leaving the sex a surprise. We both have names that we love that we don't necessarily agree on but also could live with. My husband is By Duana • Dec 05, 2014 11:07 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Hypothetical Alphabeticals Hi Duana, My sister and her husband are currently expecting their third child just after Christmas, and she's feeling stuck coming up with a name for this little boy. I feel partly responsible -- a couple of months ago I pointed out that between all of their first By Duana • Dec 03, 2014 11:33 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Untenable Kenneth Hi Duana! I have been following your Name Nerd column for a long time, and I need some help. My husband and I have baby #2 on the way, and we are stuck. We do not know what we are having, but we do not have major issues with girl By Duana • Dec 01, 2014 02:41 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: New York Babies… Duana, My friend needs your help! stat! She and her husband are having their second baby and they know she is a girl. Their first born son's name is Hudson, so they are looking for a name that will go along with it (and have shot down my By Duana • Nov 28, 2014 12:25 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names:...And Isn’t Yosemite Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting our first -- a boy -- and we have no clue what to name the little guy. Years ago we joked around about baby names (at least I thought we were joking) like Aloysius or Yosemite, but it seems that my husband By Duana • Nov 26, 2014 12:17 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Break that Habit Hi Duana, We currently have a toddler named Claire and are expecting twin boys. Would very much appreciate some name help please. Our first names are John and Kelly. Our last name is very German, sounds like ThisBig. I'm of Irish roots so like the idea of finding By Duana • Nov 24, 2014 11:15 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Ready For Some Joy Dear Duana- I am pregnant for the fourth time in three years- all my previous pregnancies ended in miscarriage, due to a genetic condition for which I am a carrier. But THIS time, we've gotten all testing back, everything looks good, and I think I can finally say By Duana • Nov 21, 2014 11:51 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Old and Awesome Hi Duana, I love your name nerd column! I am looking for advice in my second pregnancy. I have always loved classic, old fashioned names - blame it on all the classic children's literature I read growing up. For our first daughter, we decided on Louisa pretty early By Duana • Nov 19, 2014 11:14 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: 80s revival? Hi Duana, I just discovered your Name Nerd blog, and just in time too! I'm pregnant with our second child, due in November. We have a 15 month old son named Pearce. Our last name is Allen, which is super mainstream, so it's important to us By Duana • Nov 17, 2014 11:20 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Popularity Polemic – Wyatt Hi Duana, I'm expecting a baby soon and mine and my husband's number one pick for a boy is Wyatt, only now I'm starting to notice it more and more... a co-worker's friend named their son Wyatt, and of course Ashton and By Duana • Nov 14, 2014 12:03 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Asian, English, and Irish Dear Duana, I need some help finding names for my second born - a son due early next year. My oldest is called Keira and our surname is a short one syllable Irish name beginning with T. Apart from liking the name, one of the main reasons we selected Keira By Duana • Nov 12, 2014 01:17 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Are We Being Played? I've been wondering this for a while, and with the spate of celebrity babies born recently it's really been niggling at me - are we SURE the names announced are legit? This isn't a reaction to "those crazy celebrities and their weird baby By Duana • Nov 10, 2014 01:33 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Briar Rose Christensen. BRIAR ROSE. Apparently today is the day for me to get sickly-sweetness stuck in my throat from all the fairytail-y goodness going on. It makes you pray for the utter depravity that is Scandal. I had forgotten, until Us Weekly reminded me, that Briar Rose, the name chosen by Hayden Christensen and By Duana • Nov 07, 2014 10:11 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Avri Roel Downey (Jr.) You know when you meet a new friend or a romantic partner and you’re drunk on them and everything is wonderful? You think they’re fantastic and where have they been all your life and then you realize, with a ‘chonk’ in your stomach, that they are about to By Duana • Nov 06, 2014 11:17 am
