Lifestyle Duana Names: Twin sets Hi Duana, I am due in 3 months with twins, a boy and girl and wondering your thoughts on the following sets of names. Jed / Rhea Charlie / Cara Nevin / Everly Sam / Abby You can be brutally honest, we are not set on any of these names and feel like we By Duana • Jan 07, 2013 12:28 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Are We Pretentious? Hi Duana, What do you think of using another culture's name? I love the Italian spelling of Luisa, but my partner and I are both Scandinavian. Pretentious? ___ The whole point of having a “global village” or whatnot is so that you can expose yourself to more than what By Duana • Jan 02, 2013 08:53 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Charlie and Daisy? My husband and I are expecting, a girl this time. We have a son named Charles George (Charlie), named after both of my grandfathers. Our daughter's middle name will be Anne, my mother's name and his mother's middle name, but her first name is By Duana • Dec 31, 2012 10:08 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Oonagh & Ibrahim Hi Duana, I am Canadian of Irish/Scottish ancestry and he is Somali Canadian. Our kids are going to be so good looking (or really odd looking, we will see)! Also, our last name is Ryan Abdillahi. Keeping this in mind, what do you think of Oonagh for a girl By Duana • Dec 21, 2012 11:08 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Danes-Dancy, Party Of Three Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy Weatherby George Dupree Took Great Care Of His Mother Though He Was Only Three This was the first thing I thought of when I heard the Danes-Dancy baby name. Do you remember that poem from “When We Were Very Young”? It’s always entertained me; the By Duana • Dec 20, 2012 11:49 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Maia, Ellie, or Savanna Hi, I was just wondering which baby name you prefer. I have got the list down to 3 names and would like an honest opinion and some feedback. 1. Maia 2. Ellie 3. Savanna Thank you, A. --- I chose this letter today because I really liked its simplicity. People By Duana • Dec 19, 2012 10:54 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Third Sister I am 8 months pregnant with out third girl, and I am wanting an unbiased point of view of the name we have chosen. My husband and I both had very common names (Ashley and Jason), so we decided to choose more creative names when we had kids. There were By Duana • Dec 14, 2012 01:19 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Simon’s Sibling We are expecting baby #2. We don't know yet if it is a boy or a girl. Our first born is a boy named Simon. We love his name but had a hell of a time picking it when he was born. Our girl name was and still By Duana • Dec 12, 2012 12:17 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Malin or not? I was hoping to get your opinion on name choice for a baby girl (baby no. 2. - older brother is Anson Douglas): Malin Helena She caught us by surprise and arrived really early. We hadn't agreed on a name yet and my husband let me choose (Malin By Duana • Dec 10, 2012 01:19 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Boring Baby Name Brady When Lainey pointed out that Gisele’s daughter had been born and named and we should probably address it in an article, I thought I’d be well-served to do some research. I swear I wasn’t looking for this particular information, but Wikipedia tells me Gisele has five sisters: By Duana • Dec 10, 2012 11:10 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: One Of These Names Is Not Like The Others Okay, so I am totally freaking out about what your response will be, but here goes. We are about to have baby #3 - a baby boy due in the New Year. He will join our two oldest (boy and girl), named Zakariya (6-year old) and Deena (3-year old). We By Duana • Dec 07, 2012 11:14 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Good Grief Ok, so I have a 2 year old girl named Lucy Michelle (named after my grandmother and sister). I am expecting a second child and if its a boy I want to name him Charlie (second name still undecided). I've always loved the name Charlie for a boy By Duana • Dec 05, 2012 02:54 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Can I change their minds? Hi Duana: Question - how do you sway someone from the name they have their heart set on? My sister and her husband are due in about a month - they don't know the sex - and have two names they're think they're set By Duana • Dec 03, 2012 10:47 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Max By Any Other Name I never thought I would be obsessing over baby names, but here I am having back and forths with my husband, numerous lists and well it's not getting any easier! I am starting to think that our baby will just be a no name for months. (Baby isn& By Duana • Nov 28, 2012 11:16 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Can’t Call Her Louella I'm having a baby and we're talking about names. We used to have a 1st choice girl's name, Louella. I really like the idea of calling my daughter Lulu or Lou when she's little, but also not sticking her with a childish By Duana • Nov 26, 2012 09:38 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Kary & Caledonia (The response to Duana’s name nerdy-ness has been so great, and there have been so many emails asking for her opinion on potential baby names, we’re turning it into regular feature. Click here to send your submission.) I have a baby naming question I'm hoping you By Duana • Nov 21, 2012 03:38 pm
