name-faither

Scots

Alternative forms

• name-father
• name-faider (Shetland)

Etymology

name (“name”) +‎ faither (“father”)

Noun

name-faither (plural name-faithers)

1. The man after whom one has been named

Further reading

• “name-father” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “name-faider” in John J Graham’s English-Shetland Word List