enter one's mind

Also, enter one's head. Occur to one, come into one's consciousness. This expression is most often used negatively, as in It didn't enter my mind that he'd want to join us, or Run for office? It never entered my head.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bonnie	BAHN-ee	English
Lelio	-	Italian
Shel	SHEL	English
Helena	he-LE-nah (German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish), hay-LAY-nah (Dutch), HE-le-nah (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Es
'Efrayim	-	Biblical Hebrew
Thanh	TUNG, TUN	Vietnamese