Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
ARBUTHNOT
There are approximately 544 people named Arbuthnot in the UK. That makes it the 10,046th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 9 are named Arbuthnot.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
Ireland
Language of origin
Gaelic
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Celtic
Related and similar surnames
ArbuthnottArbuthnote
Arbuthnots
Arbouthnot
Arbuthnoth
Arbuthenot
Arbthnot
Arbuthnit
Arbuthnoit
Arbuthno
Arbuthnof
Arbuthot
Arbuthndt
Arbuthnog
Arbathnot
Arbuthnet
Arbuthnat
Arbothnot
Arbethnot
Arbuthott
The Arbuthnot surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Local) First assumed by the proprietors of the land and barony of Arbuthnot in the Mearns, Scotland. The name is said to have been anciently written Aberbuthnoth, which signifies the dwelling near the confluence of the river with the sea, from Aber, the mouth of a river, both, a dwelling, and neth, a stream that descends, or is lower than some other relative object.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
ARBUTHNOT. A parish in Kincardineshire. The first of the family was Hugh de Aburbothenoth, Avho assumed his surname from the lands which he acquired in 1105 with the daughter of Osbert Olifard, and on which his descendants have resided for more than twenty generations. Peerage.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.