on own initiative

on (one's) own initiative

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

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Niles	NIELZ, NIE-əlz	English
Jacqueline	zha-kə-LEEN (French), zhak-LEEN (French), JAK-ə-leen (English), JAK-ə-lin (English)	French, English
Cochran	['kɔkən]
Bijoy	-	Bengali
Raganhildis	-	Ancient Germanic
Balfour	['bælfə]