near to one's heart

Also, close to one's heart. Loved by or important to one, as in This last painting was very near to her heart, or His first grandson is close to his heart. [Late 1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Farran	FAR-ən	English (Rare)
Dahl	[da:l]
Robbe	RAWB-bə	Dutch
ZbynĚK	-	Czech
Barra	-	Irish
Leoncio	le-ON-thyo (Spanish), le-ON-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish