have a crush on (someone)

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To have a romantic infatuation with someone, especially unbeknownst to that person. I've had a crush on Tommy for years.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Haywood	['heiwud]
Gallagher	GAL-ə-gər	Irish, English (Rare)
Ithamar	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Alease	-	English
Lidiya	LEE-dee-yah (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
Leopold	LE-o-pawlt (German), LAY-o-pawlt (Dutch), LEE-ə-pold (English), le-AW-pawlt (Polish)	German, Dutch, English, Slovene, Polish