Strachan

• (Irish surname): Strahan

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”).

• enPR: strôn
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /stɹɔːn/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /stɹɔn/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /stɹɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Strachan (countable and uncountable, plural Strachans)

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

• 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.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Strachan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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