be on the tip of (one's) tongue

To be close to being remembered, as if one is nearly about to say the thing trying to be recalled. Her name is on the tip of my tongue. Just give me a minute, I'll remember it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tsisia	-	Georgian
GÖSta	YUUS-tah	Swedish
Taddeo	-	Italian
Bashe	-	Hebrew
Helena	he-LE-nah (German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish), hay-LAY-nah (Dutch), HE-le-nah (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Es
William	['wiljəm]