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
ÉVelyne	-	French
CornÉ	kawr-NAY	Dutch
WŁOdzimierz	vwaw-JEEM-yesh	Polish
Berenice
Lesedi	-	Southern African, Tswana
Netta (2)	-	Hebrew