lose one's hear to



lose one's hear to

Fall in love with, as in I totally lost my heart to the new puppy. This expression uses heart in the sense of "the seat of love or affection." [First half of 1600s]
See also: hear, lose

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HeidiHIE-dee (German, English), HAY-dee (Finnish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English
Johannezho-AN (French), yo-HAHN-ne (Danish)French, Danish, Norwegian, Medieval French
WashingtonWAHSH-ing-tənEnglish
Zelig-Yiddish
Andrea (2)AN-dree-ə (English), an-DRAY-ə (English), ahn-DRE-ah (German)English, German, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Cr
Marcellus-Ancient Roman, German, Dutch