twinkle in (one's) father's eye

A phrase used to describe the time before one's birth. I never knew my grandparents; they died when I was just a twinkle in my father's eye.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maude
Bisera	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
AodhÁN	-	Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Tal	-	Hebrew
Benigna	-	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Late Roman
Louise	loo-EEZ (French, English), loo-EE-se (Danish)	French, English, Danish, Swedish, Dutch