hold (someone) in high regard

To have a large amount of respect or admiration for someone. I'll go see if I can persuade the committee—they hold me in high regard. I've always held my father in high regard for his hard work to provide for us.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cateline	-	Medieval French
Hillel	-	Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Andreas	ahn-DRE-ahs (German, Swedish), ahn-DRHAY-ahs (Dutch)	German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Gre
Melete	-	Greek Mythology
Yngvi	-	Norse Mythology
Toivo	TOY-vo	Finnish