face-off

n. a confrontation. (From hockey.) The face-off continued for a few moments till both of them realized that there was no point in fighting.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sophronia	-	Literature, Late Greek
Florent	-	French
Jalal	-	Arabic, Persian
Fermintxo	-	Basque
Frona	FRO-nə	English
Kreskes	-	Biblical Greek