would rather

would more willingly; would more readily. I would rather have an apple than a pear. I don't like pears. I'd rather live in the north than the south, because I like snow.

would rather

Prefer to, as in We would rather eat dinner before the movie. [Mid-1500s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yente	-	Yiddish
Alphege	-	History
Arezu	-	Persian
Ranjeet	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Kalyan	-	Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu
Ciriaco	chee-ree-AH-ko (Italian), thee-ree-AH-ko (Spanish), see-ree-AH-ko (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish