a name to conjure with

1. a very important and famous name There are some names to conjure with on the programme - Poland's Polanski and India's Satyajit Ray to name but two.

2. an interesting or strange name Arnold Spunkmeyer - now that's a name to conjure with!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vladimir	vlah-DEE-meer (Russian), VLAH-dee-meer (Croatian)	Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Neer	NAYR	Limburgish
Vinson	['vinsn]
Anja	AHN-yah (Swedish, Finnish, Croatian, Serbian, German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, German, Dutch
Breann	bree-AN	English (Modern)
Augustin	o-goos-TEN (French)	French, Czech, Romanian, Croatian, German