strike a match

to light a match by rubbing it on a rough surface. Mary struck a match and lit a candle. When Sally struck a match to light a cigarette, Jane said quickly, "No smoking, please."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Isaias	-	Biblical
Fakhriyya	-	Arabic
NezİH	-	Turkish
Sigfrido	seeg-FREE-do (Italian), seeg-FREE-dho (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Gisbert	GEES-bert (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Siva	-	Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam