come to mind

• Venir à l'esprit de manière soudaine ou naturelle, sans effort conscient ; évoquer une idée, un souvenir ou une pensée.

To suddenly think of something or have an idea or memory appear in one's thoughts without deliberate effort.

1. Be thought of or rememberedB1informal

   To appear in one's thoughts or memory; to be recalled.

   venir à l'esprit

   • When I think of great leaders, her name immediately comes to mind.
   • Nothing comes to mind when I try to remember that song.
   • Several solutions come to mind for this problem.