near and dear to

near and dear to you

very important to you People usually give more attention to the things that are particularly near and dear to them.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Erebus	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Penn	[pen]
Wandal	-	Ancient Germanic
Rebeca	re-BE-kah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Mikel	-	Basque
Zhyrgal	-	Kyrgyz