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Abernethy is a surname whose origins link to a Scottish clan that descends from Orm de Abernethy, a grandson of Gille Míchéil, Earl of Fife that presumably settled at Abernethy, Perth and Kinross.

The name is of non-Gaelic Pictish origin, from a period when the Caledonian Welsh or Brytons controlled these lands. 'Aber' modern Welsh for 'estuary' or 'confluence of rivers'

Notable people who have this surname include:

• Alan Abernethy (born 1957), Irish bishop
• Alexander de Abernethy (died ca. 1315), Scottish magnate
• Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956), journalist, theologian, poet; first North Carolina Poet Laureate
• Bob Abernethy (born 1927), American television journalist
• Bob Abernethy (footballer) (1900–1969), Australian rules footballer
• Bruce Abernethy (born 1962), Australian rules football player
• Bruce Abernethy (cricketer) (born 1958), New Zealand former cricketer
• Charles Laban Abernethy (1872–1955), American politician
• Darrell Abernethy, American Associate Director for Drug Safety at the Food and Drug Administration
• George Abernethy (1807–1877), American politician
• Georgina Abernethy (1859–1906), New Zealand suffragist and leader of Wesleyan women
• Glen Abernethy (born 1971), American politician
• Hugh Abernethy (born 1967), Scottish former professional snooker player
• James Abernethy (1814–1896), British civil engineer
• Jim Abernethy (born 1902), Australian rules footballer
• John Abernethy (judge) (born 1947), former State Coroner of New South Wales
• John Abernethy (minister) (1680–1740), Irish Presbyterian minister and church leader
• John Abernethy (surgeon) FRS (1764–1831), English surgeon
• LeRoy Abernethy (1885–1959), American college football player
• Liam Abernethy (born 1929), Irish hurler
• Lord Abernethy, hereditary title in the Peerage of Scotland
• John Cameron, Lord Abernethy (born 1938), a Senator of the College of Justice of Scotland
• Meg of Abernethy (1355–1405), Scottish musician
• Milton A. Abernethy (died 1991), American journalist, magazine editor, business owner, and stockbroker
• Moira Abernethy (born 1939), South African swimmer
• Robert Abernethy (born 1971), Australian swimmer
• Robert J. Abernethy (born 1940), American entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Rod Abernethy, American video game music composer
• Roy Abernethy (1906–1977), American businessman
• Ruth Abernethy (born 1960), Canadian sculptor
• Terence Abernethy (born 1930), South African cricketer
• Thomas Abernethy (1903–1998), American politician
• Thomas Abernethy (explorer) (1803–1860), Scottish seafarer, gunner in the Royal Navy, polar explorer
• Tom Abernethy (born 1954), American professional basketball player
• Virginia Abernethy (born 1934), American professor of psychiatry and anthropology

Some notable people use Abernethy as their middle name:

• William Abernethy Drummond (1719–1809), bishop of Edinburgh
• Ralph Abernethy Gamble (1885–1959), American politician
• William Abernethy Ogilvie (1901–1989), Canadian painter and war artist

See also

• Abernethy (disambiguation)
• Abernathy (disambiguation)

• Edward Richard Alston
• Edward Richard Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke
• Edward Richards (disambiguation)
• Edward Richards (field hockey)
• Edward Richards (field hockey player)
• Edward Richard Shaw
• Edward Richardson
• Edward Richard Woodham
• Edward Richard Woods
• Edward Rich, Earl of Warwick
• Edward Rider Cook
• Edward Ridge
• Edward Rigby
• Edward Riggs
• Edward Righton (actor)
• Edward Rightor Schowalter
• Edward Rightor Schowalter Jr.
• Edward Rightor Schowalter, Jr.
• Edward Riley
• Edward Riley (Australian politician)
• Edward Riley Bradley
• Edward Riley (disambiguation)
• Edward Riley (New South Wales politician)
• Edward Ripley
• Edward Rippingille