Lifestyle Duana Names: A Different Kind of Name Dilemma My sister and her husband have always been torn on the last name of their children. They are both very attached to their names and families and want that reflected in their children. They had a boy in 2013 and a girl is due in December. For their son, my By Duana • Sep 26, 2014 12:10 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Derby Girl Hi Duana, I hope you can help. I've recently signed up for a Fresh Meat Bootcamp hosted by the local roller derby. I've always thought roller derby looked really fun and cool, and would be quite the physical challenge since I'd never roller skated By Duana • Sep 22, 2014 01:39 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Little German Duana, please help!? My spouse and I are expecting our first child, a boy, in October. His family is German/Dutch and mine is German/British. The only thing we have agreed on is that we both would like to go the German route as our heritage is a big By Duana • Sep 19, 2014 01:11 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Trying not to be Those People Duana, The other day one of my girlfriends and I were talking about baby names and she was telling me that she is having a lot of trouble coming up with names. I absolutely love reading all of your posts and thought who could be better to ask than you! By Duana • Sep 17, 2014 12:14 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: For Lotte Hi Duana, So you'll probably want to punch me in the face over this. I kind of want to punch myself in the face. After some fertility challenges, we are proud parents to Charlotte (Lotte). (I know how you feel about that but don't trash me By Duana • Sep 15, 2014 12:09 pm
Lifestyle Four-legged Friday Hi Duana, A new four-legged friend joined our family this week and we are all in love. The problem? We can't agree on a name. Naming babies was easy compared to this ~ after all, there really were only two of us who had the final say ~ but now By Duana • Sep 12, 2014 12:20 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: His Name Is Rio… Hi Duana, My husband and I have one son, Rio, which was always my dream name and he was kind enough to let me have it. But now we want something that goes along with that for our upcoming daughter and are having a hard time coming up with anything. By Duana • Sep 10, 2014 02:22 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Worst Trend Hi Duana, I'd love your input on something... During an acquaintance's recent pregnancy, she started referring on Facebook to her unborn baby girl as "Eljay" (her husband's name starts with an J and hers starts with an L). I thought this was By Duana • Sep 08, 2014 01:35 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Two Households, Both Alike In Dignity We're expecting our second child this fall (November). We have decided, like with our first, not to find out the gender of the baby. We are, however, in desperate need in baby name advice. Here is some background information to help you out. Background information 1: My husband By Duana • Sep 05, 2014 02:06 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Scarlett Johansson’s daughter Rose Let’s talk about the name Scarlett. In 1984, when Johansson was born, it was pretty rare. Like non-existent. Nobody had the name. I know what that’s like. But then, as Scarlett Johansson got more and more famous, and more and more...iconic...funny thing, the name Scarlett became By Duana • Sep 05, 2014 10:57 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: American Boy Hi Duana! I love love love all of your name nerd columns! And while I am not currently preggers, I have to ask you to back off the name Wolfgang. I totally want to use it for a little dude (if there ever is one) and don't want By Duana • Sep 04, 2014 09:16 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Tough Girl Hey Duana. I'm in need of a name. Something for a tough girl, but nothing too butch. I love the look of Zoe, but I hate the sound of it. Looks tough, sounds like a flower. I like the boy name idea (Evan, Dylan maybe?), but nothing too By Duana • Aug 29, 2014 01:36 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Go for Donald Hi Duana, My sister-in-law is pregnant and she and my brother found out they are having boy/girl twins. Their first born girl is Mira. Our last name is traditional Irish/English, hard consonants two syllables. My sister-in-law is leaning toward Charlotte for baby girl, which meh, feels too popular By Duana • Aug 27, 2014 03:04 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: No Frills Hi Duana, Hoping you can help my husband and I out. We are expecting our first child in August and are keeping the gender a surprise. We're pretty set on our boy name, but the girl name is what's keeping us up at night. Although we By Duana • Aug 25, 2014 12:21 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Real vs. Fake Hi Duana, 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 to choose first names that are memorable. Our style is short and By Duana • Aug 22, 2014 12:59 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Bitch Stole My Name Hi Duana, I am currently pregnant with my first child and am having a bit of a name dilemma. The background story is this: I had made the mistake of telling a girlfriend of mine, L, that I liked the name Chloe, and coming from a European upbringing, this is By Duana • Aug 20, 2014 03:51 pm
