the moving spirit

(literary)

someone who starts an important organization or course of action (often + behind ) Born in Nkroful, Ghana, he was the moving spirit behind the Charter of African States.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ernestina	-	Italian
Light	[lait]
Talisha	tə-LEESH-ə, tə-LISH-ə	African American (Rare)
FehİMe	-	Turkish
Iskra	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian
Zora	-	Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian