take into heart

take someone (or an animal) into one's heart

Fig. to grow to love and trust someone or an animal; to receive a newcomer graciously and lovingly. He was such a cute little boy. We took him into our hearts immediately. We loved the puppy instantly and took her into our hearts at once.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Patricius	-	Late Roman
Daniel	DAN-yəl (English), dah-nee-EL (Jewish), dan-YEL (French), DAH-nee-el (German), DAHN-yel (Polish)	English, Hebrew, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Portugu
Regina	rə-JEEN-ə (English), rə-GEEN-ə (English), rə-JIEN-ə (English), re-GEE-nah (German, Polish), re-JEE-nah (Italian), RE-gee-naw (Hungarian)	English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Norweg
Jalmari	YAHL-mah-ree	Finnish
Alonzo	-	Italian
Iarfhlaith	EER-lah	Irish