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
VitÓRia	vee-TAW-ryə	Portuguese
ErzsÉBet	ER-zhay-bet	Hungarian
Milana	-	Serbian, Croatian, Czech
Wilford	WIL-fərd	English
Theodoros	-	Greek, Ancient Greek
Aidan	AY-dən	Irish, Scottish, English (Modern)