near to one's heart

Also, close to one's heart. Loved by or important to one, as in This last painting was very near to her heart, or His first grandson is close to his heart. [Late 1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kazia	KAH-zhah	Polish
Idonea	-	English (Archaic)
Lambert	LAHM-bert (German), LAHM-bərt (Dutch), lam-BER (French), LAM-bərt (English)	German, Dutch, French, English, Ancient Germanic
HalİT	-	Turkish
Klaus	KLOWS (German, Finnish)	German, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish
Viveka	-	Swedish