For Pete's sake!

and For pity's sake!; For the love of Mike!; For goodness sake!; For gosh sake!; For heaven('s) sake!

a mild exclamation of surprise or shock. For Pete's sake! How've ya been? For pity's sake! Ask the man in out of the cold!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cvita	TSVEE-tah	Croatian
Hiltrude	hil-TROO-də	German (Archaic)
Grimes	[graimz]
Paola	POW-lah (Italian), pah-O-lah (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Meital	-	Hebrew
Mesud	-	Ottoman Turkish