God forfend

A phrase invoking God's protection to keep something from happening. Similar to the more common phrase "God forbid." God forfend I get another ticket on my parents' car. I'll be grounded for a month!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leonor	-	Spanish, Portuguese
Akbar	-	Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Indian (Muslim)
Mus'ad	-	Arabic
Dotty	['dɔti]
Matti	MAHT-tee	Finnish
Grozdana	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian