where one is coming from

one's point of view. I think I know what you mean. I know where you're coming from. Man, you don't know where I'm coming from! You don't understand a single word I say.

where one is coming from

What one means, from one's point of view, based on one's background or prior experience. For example, I don't believe in capital punishment, but as a pacifist you know where I'm coming from . [Second half of 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kiki	KEE-kee (English), kee-KEE (Greek)	English, German, Greek
Sibonakaliso	-	Southern African, Zulu
Rama (2)	-	Hinduism
Goodson	['gudsn]
Marthe	MAHRT (French)	French, Norwegian
Eudes	-	Medieval French