The arbuthnot Surname
arbuthnot Name Meaning and History
Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from a place called
Arbuthnott, south of Aberdeen, earlier Aberbuthnot, a Pictish
place name from aber ‘confluence’ + the stream name
Buadhnat (the Gaelic form) meaning ‘virtuous’ or ‘healing’,
i.e. the stream was regarded as holy, with healing properties.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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