Clan Udny is a Scottish

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  armigerous clan

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 from Aberdeenshire

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Arms for Udny of the Ilk have been recorded on three occasions in the Lyon Register; 1672-7, 1748–51 and 1789.

The family Udny of Udny possessed the barony of Udny in Aberdeenshire for several generations prior to 1875. The name has been spelled sometimes as Widney and Uldney.

Native Scottish folk singer Jock Duncan has this to say about the pronunciation of Udny, which is also the title of a song about the Aberdeenshire town of Udny on his CD “Ye Shine Whar Ye Stan!”: “I’ve heard many versions o it - an tunes an aa, fen I wis young. Widney wis the pronunciation. Never naebody heard o Udny: ‘It’s Widney boy - are ye gaun doun tae Widney the nicht?’” http://www.springthyme.co.uk/1039/