Strachan
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English
Alternative forms
- (Irish surname): Strahan
Etymology
The village is named with Scottish Gaelic srath (“river valley”) + eachan (“foal”). The surname could either derive from the placename or from an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sruitheáin (“descendant of Sruitheán”), a personal name from sruith (“sage elder”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).
Proper noun
Strachan (countable and uncountable, plural Strachans)
- A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO674922).
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Strachan is the 7781st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4266 individuals. Strachan is most common among White (66.17%) and Black/African American (27.38%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Strachan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.