in favor with

Held in friendly regard by, as in She's really in favor with the press. This idiom uses favor in the sense of "approval." The same is true of the antonym, out of favor with, as in He was out of favor with the board. [Early 1500s] Also see in favor of.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jaxson	JAK-sən	English (Modern)
Archelaus	ahr-kee-LAY-əs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical Latin, Biblical
Sydne	SID-nee	English (Rare)
Magda	MAHK-dah (German), MAHKH-dah (Dutch), MAHG-dah (Polish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Polish, Croatian, Romanian, Portuguese
Aesculapius	[.i:skju'leipjəs]
Yejide	-	Western African, Yoruba