call roll

call (the) roll

and take (the) roll

to call the names of people from a list of those enrolled, expecting them to reply if they are present. After I call the roll, please open your books to page 12. I will take roll, and then we will do arithmetic.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yasir	YAH:-sir (Arabic)	Arabic, Urdu
Barak (1)	BER-ək (English), BAR-ək (English)	Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Chile	KIEL, KIE-əl	English (Rare)
Christie (2)	-	Scottish, Irish
Elisha	[i'laiʃə]
Pennie	['peni]