by choice

due to conscious choice; on purpose. I do this kind of thing by choice. No one makes me do it. I didn't go to this college by choice. It was the closest one to home.

by choice

Deliberately, as a matter of preference. For example, No one told me to come; I'm here by choice. This expression replaced the earlier with choice, used from about 1500.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zelde	-	Yiddish
Elsie	EL-see	English
Tye	TIE	English
Arnoud	-	Dutch
Yishai	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Bashemath	-	Biblical