own person, be one's

Also, be one's own man or woman . Be independent, be responsible for oneself. For example, We can't tell Jerry what to do-he's his own person. Chaucer used this idiom in Troilus and Cressida: "I am my own woman, well at ease." [Late 1300s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kristin	kris-TEEN (Swedish, German), KRIS-tin (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, English
Salha	-	Arabic
Bland	[blænd]
Ketill	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Rebekka	re-BE-kah (German), RE-bek-kah (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, Biblical Greek
Fausto	-	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese