name-faither

Scots

Alternative forms

name-father
name-faider (Shetland)

Etymology

name (“name”) +‎ faither (“father”)

Noun

name-faither (plural name-faithers)

The man after whom one has been named

Further reading

“name-father” in Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh

“name-faider” in John J Graham’s English-Shetland Word List

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