be for

be for someone or something

and be for doing something

supporting or in favor of someone or something. I'm for abandoning the scheme. Mary is running for office, and the whole family is for her.

be for

To be in favor of something or someone: I'm definitely not for cutting down the trees; we need the shade. Are you for these candidates, or against them?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tau	-	Southern African, Tswana, Sotho
Janne (1)	YAHN-ne	Finnish, Swedish
Silas	SIE-ləs (English)	English, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Yoshiyahu	-	Biblical Hebrew
Esperanza	es-pe-RAHN-thah (Spanish), es-pe-RAHN-sah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Sofija	-	Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian