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
Harlan	HAHR-lən	English
Leon	LEE-awn (English), LE-awn (German, Polish)	English, German, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Dutch, Ancient Greek
Akeem	-	African American
Zinaida	zee-nah-EE-dah	Russian
Agathe	a-GAHT (French), ah-GAH-tə (German), ah-gah-te (Ancient Greek)	French, German, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Ancient Greek
Golbahar	-	Persian