name-faither
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
name (“name”) + faither (“father”)
Noun edit
name-faither (plural name-faithers)
- The man after whom one has been named
Further reading edit
- “name-father” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- “name-faider” in John J Graham’s English-Shetland Word List