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
Francisco	frahn-THEES-ko (Spanish), frahn-SEES-ko (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-koo (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Diana	[dai'ænə]
Laci (1)	-	Hungarian
Karlo	KAHR-lo	Croatian
Rita	REE-tə (English), REE-tah (German)	Italian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese
Caroline	ka-ro-LEEN (French), KER-ə-lien (English), KER-ə-lin (English), KAR-ə-lien (English), KAR-ə-lin (English)	French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch