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Dictionary of
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ABERNETHY.
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From An
Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by William Arthur,
M. A., 1857, and, Surnames, by Bernard Homer Dixon, 1857.
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ABERNETHY.
Arthur has: (Celtic and Gaelic) From
the name of a town in Strathern, Scotland, on the river Tay; derived from aber,
marshy ground, a place where two or more streams meet; and nithy/nethy, in the Gaelic,
dangerous. Nith or Nithy, is also the name of a river in the south of
Scotland, and the name may have been taken from a town at or near its
mouth—Abernithy.
Dixon has: ABERNETHY
(Scotch), Mouth of the Nethin. Abar, a confluence, mouth of a
river; marsh, bog.
*** The family are descended from Alexander
Abernethy, temp. Robert I.
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C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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B, C,
D, E,
F, G,
H, I,
J, K,
L, M,
N, O,
P, Q,
R, S,
T, U,
V, W,
X, Y,
Z
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