Strachan

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)

1. A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO674922).
2. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Strachan is the 7781^st 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• trash can, trashcan