surprise by

surprise someone by something

to astonish someone by doing or being something. You surprised me by your forthrightness. No one was surprised by the way it happened.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Amado	ah-MAH-dho	Spanish
Itala	-	Italian
Adriana	ahd-RYAH-nah (Italian, Spanish, Polish), ayd-ree-AN-ə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English
Ksenija	-	Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
Nettie	['neti]
Cathleen	['kæθli:n]