pique curiosity

pique someone's curiosity

and pique someone's interest

to arouse interest; to arouse curiosity. The advertisement piqued my curiosity about the product. The professor tried to pique the students' interest in French literature.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vivian	VIV-ee-ən (English)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Sigsteinn	-	Ancient Scandinavian
SÉBastien	se-bas-TYAWN	French
Shulammite	-	Hebrew, Biblical
Brendanus	-	Irish (Latinized)
SÌNe	SHEE-na	Scottish