break one's fall

Interrupt a tumble or descent, as in It's a long way down over this cliff, with nothing to break your fall. [Mid-1800s]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Christos	-	Theology
Shyla	-	English (Modern)
Stepane	-	Georgian
Tzefanyah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Vanja	-	Croatian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Josaphat	-	Biblical