face-off

n. a confrontation. (From hockey.) The face-off continued for a few moments till both of them realized that there was no point in fighting.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yehoshafat	-	Biblical Hebrew
Erdenechimeg	-	Mongolian
Abimbola	-	Western African, Yoruba
Pascale	-	French
Connor	KAHN-ər (English)	Irish, English (Modern)
Phyllida	FIL-i-də	English (Rare)