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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Origin unidentified. Possibly an Americanized form of Strachan, Straughan, reflecting the pronunciation, or of Strawhorn, a Scottish name found in Ayrshire and Dumfries, which Black believes to be of local origin, from the lands of Strowarrane or Strawarrane, recorded in Ayr in the 17th century.

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