on own initiative

on (one's) own initiative

Without prompting or direction from others; on one's own.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marcella	[ma:'selə]
Liana	-	Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, English
Dwain	DWAYN	English
Celio	CHE-lyo (Italian), THE-lyo (Spanish), SE-lyo (Latin American Spanish), SE-lyoo (Portuguese)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Osbert	AHZ-bərt	English (Rare)
IngrÍ&Eth;R	-	Ancient Scandinavian