man alive

An expression of surprise or pleasure. The phrase most likely arose as an alternative to something stronger, such as “Good lord!” which would have been acceptable to those people who objected to taking the deity's name in vain.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Keavy	KEE-vee	Irish, Scottish
Tone (2)	-	Norwegian
Philomela	-	Greek Mythology
Tsetseg	-	Mongolian
Marlee	-	English (Modern)
Kristoffer	KREES-tof-fer (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish