sure of oneself

Self-confident, as in Now that Mary's graduated she's much more sure of herself. This expression uses sure in the sense of "confident" or "secure," a usage dating from the mid-1400s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nessa (3)	NES-a	Irish, Irish Mythology
Francescu	-	Corsican
BartolomÉ	bahr-to-lo-ME	Spanish
Arbuthnott	[a:'bʌθnət]
Aron	AH-rawn (Polish), AH-ron (Croatian)	Polish, Croatian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic
Bistra	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian