up-and-coming

Fig. enterprising and alert. Jane is a hard worker—really up-and-coming. Bob is also an up-and-coming youngster who is going to become well known.

becoming more and more successful in a job (always before noun) She founded a summer school for up-and-coming musicians.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lyubomir	-	Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
MÁXimo	MAHK-see-mo	Spanish
Laverne	[lə'vɜ:n]
Nina (4)	NEE-nah	Russian
Lilias	-	Scottish
Jeanna	JEE-nə	English