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.
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
Bruce Abernethy (born 1962), Australian rules football player
Charles Laban Abernethy (1872–1955), American politician
George Abernethy (1807–1877), American politician
Glen Abernethy (born 1971), American politician
James Abernethy (1814–1896), British civil engineer
Jim Abernethy (born 1902), Australian rules footballer
John Abernethy (disambiguation)
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
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
Rod Abernethy, American video game music composer
Roy Abernethy (1906–1977), American businessman
Thomas Abernethy (1903–1998), American politician
Tom Abernethy (born 1954), American professional basketball player
Virginia Abernethy (born 1934), American professor of psychiatry and anthropology
