Full Idea
In the case of 'Obadiah', associated only with one act of writing a prophecy, ..it is the tradition which connects our use of the name with the man; where the actual name itself first came from has little to do with it.
Gist of Idea
Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated
Source
Michael Dummett (Frege's Distinction of Sense and Reference [1975], p.256)
Book Reference
'Meaning and Reference', ed/tr. Moore,A.W. [OUP 1993], p.256
A Reaction
Excellent. This seems to me a much more accurate account of reference than the notion of a baptism. In the case of 'Homer', whether someone was ever baptised thus is of no importance to us. The tradition is everything. Also Shakespeare.