cross one's mind

Also, pass through one's mind. Suddenly occur to one, as in It never crossed my mind that they would turn the proposal down, or It passed through her mind that he might have gotten lost. [Mid-1700s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ceri (1)	KE-ri	Welsh
Mari (1)	MAH-ree (Finnish), mah-REE (Swedish)	Welsh, Breton, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Ural	-	Bashkir
Mei (1)	-	Chinese
Nikole	ni-KOL (English)	Basque, English
I'timad	-	Arabic