Arbuthnot Family History
Arbuthnot Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from a place called Arbuthnott in Kincardineshire south of Aberdeen earlier Aberbuthnot a Pictish placename 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.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022