hold (someone) in high esteem

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 esteem. I've always held my father in high esteem for his hard work to provide for us.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mathieu	-	French
Annet	-	Dutch
Sonja	ZAWN-yah (German), SON-yah (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonia
Lundy	['lʌndi]
Zara (2)	-	Bulgarian
Aineias	-	Greek Mythology