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
Filippa	fee-LIP-pah (Swedish)	Russian, Greek, Swedish, Italian
Chukwuma	-	Western African, Igbo
Feroze	-	Urdu
Petru	-	Romanian, Corsican, Old Church Slavic
Lamberto	lahm-BER-to	Italian
JÖRg	YUURK	German