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10/23/2024, 10:31 PM jocatchi
12/20/2015, 1:02 PM lilolaf

Name Fairweather
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage English, Scottish
Pronounced Pron. /ˈfɛː.wɛð.ə/(English) /ˈfɛɚ.wɛð.ɚ/(English)
Other Forms FormsFairweathers, Fairwether, Fayerweather, Fayrweather
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified

Meaning & History

From Middle English fayr "fair, beautiful, pleasant" and weder "weather", a nickname for a person with a sunny temperament, or who only worked in good weather.

A Fairweather family in Scotland have a legend that their surname derived from Job 37:22 ‘Fair weather cometh out of the north’, in reference to them being of northern descent.
Added 12/20/2015 by lilolaf