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 bishopAlexander de Abernethy (died ca. 1315), Scottish magnateArthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956), journalist, theologian, poet; first North Carolina Poet LaureateBob Abernethy (born 1927), American television journalistBruce Abernethy (born 1962), Australian rules football playerCharles Laban Abernethy (1872–1955), American politicianGeorge Abernethy (1807–1877), American politicianGlen Abernethy (born 1971), American politicianJames Abernethy (1814–1896), British civil engineerJim Abernethy (born 1902), Australian rules footballerJohn Abernethy (disambiguation)Liam Abernethy (born 1929), Irish hurlerLord Abernethy, hereditary title in the Peerage of ScotlandJohn Cameron, Lord Abernethy (born 1938), a Senator of the College of Justice of ScotlandMilton A. Abernethy (died 1991), American journalist, magazine editor, business owner, and stockbrokerMoira Abernethy (born 1939), South African swimmerRobert Abernethy (born 1971), Australian swimmerRod Abernethy, American video game music composerRoy Abernethy (1906–1977), American businessmanThomas Abernethy (1903–1998), American politicianTom Abernethy (born 1954), American professional basketball playerVirginia Abernethy (born 1934), American professor of psychiatry and anthropology