guiding spirit

Someone who is influential or an inspiration to others. Amy's mother was always her guiding spirit during difficult decisions.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lisa	LEE-sə (English), LEE-zah (German), LEE-sah (Dutch)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian
Bopha	-	Khmer
Sarah	['seirə]
Iakovu	-	Old Church Slavic
Ramakrishna	-	Indian, Telugu, Kannada
Corinne	ko-REEN (French), kə-REEN (English), kə-RIN (English)	French, English