hear about

hear about someone or something

to learn about someone or something. (Not necessarily by hearing.) Have you heard about Tom and what happened to him? I heard about the accident.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
AnasztÁZ	-	Hungarian
Kudret	-	Turkish
Valeri	vah-LYE-ree (Russian)	Bulgarian, Georgian, Russian
Zhelimir	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Indiana	in-dee-AN-ə	English
Blevins	['blevinz]