Släkthistoria för Flather
Flather Vad efternamn betyder
of uncertain origin. In 19th-century Yorks dialect flather had the sense ‘flattery nonsense palaver’ (English Dialect Dictionary ); it is probably a reduced form of Middle English Old French flaterie ‘flattery’. If the change in consonant from t to th occurred in Middle English it is possible that the surname represents Middle English flater flatour (Old French flateor) ‘flatterer’ but more evidence is needed to support this explanation.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
