against the current

In contradiction to what is popular or expected. It was difficult to go against the current, but, in the end, I was able to get the team to agree that my proposal is a good idea.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gaja (1)	-	Slovene, Polish
Zevadyah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Polly	['pɔli]
Applegarth	['æplgæθ]
Yevgeniy	yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee	Russian
Anastasiya	ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah (Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian