before time

*before someone's time

happening before someone was born or old enough to know what was going on. (*Typically: be ~; happen ~; occur ~.) Of course I don't remember it. It was before my time. All that happened before your time.

before your time

during a period when you were not active or alive I don't know how old the bridge is, but I know it was built well before my time.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Verissimus	-	Late Roman
Jagna	YAHG-nah	Polish
Heleentje	hay-LAY:N-tyə	Dutch
Genowefa	ge-naw-VE-fah	Polish
Maura (1)	MOW-rah (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Lyubomir	-	Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic