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Strachan Names
List The Anglicization of the Gaelic
led to different spellings of the name, as transliterations were made in
various censuses: Strachan (mainly Scots), Straghan (mainly Irish), or
Strahan (both). Other spellings are possible.
HISTORICAL DERIVATIONS:
STRACHAN: Strachoun (1624),
Strachquhen(1605), Stracquhan (1655), Stradaquhin (1527), Stragham
(1537), Strahaquhen (1487), Strahin (1494), Straichane (1675),
Straiquhen (1578), Straithin (1525), Strakekyn (1429), Straquahan
(1684), Straquhane (1646), Straquhen (1665), Straquhone (1600),
Straquhyn (1524), Straquhyne (1554), Straqwhane (1682), Straqwhin
(1565), Stratauchin (1560), Strathachin (1459), Strathachine (1483),
Strathachtin (1427), Strathachyn (1470), Strathaquhin (1490),
Strathaquhine (1504), Strathaquhyn (1498), Strathaqwhyne (1485),
Strathauchin (1566), Strathauchine (1445), Strathawchin (1617),
Strathawin (1585), Strathechin (1443), Strathzaqwyn (z as gutteral
y, 1445) Strauchen (1663), Strauachin and Strauauchin (1541),
Strauchquhen (1528), Strauthauchin (1481), Strautquhyne (1597),
Strayachin (1406), Strayquhen (1578), Straythauchtin (1469),
Straywham (1537); Strachin, Stradachin, Strahan, Straithachin,
Straithauchquhyn, Straquhin, Strathachane, Strathaiching,
Strathauchinquhyn, Strathechny, Stratheyhan, Strathin, and
Strethachin.
Source:
Black, George F, PhD. "The Surnames of Scotland - Their
Origin, Meaning, and History." The New York Public Library.
page 752
Other names recognized by the
Clan Strachan Society:
Strachen, Straughan, Strawhun, Strawn, Straun,
Straghan, Strane, Stracon, Strahn, Strain,
Strong, Strong, Strongman,
Stronger, Strang, Stronge, Strang, Strange, Strangeman, Straughn,
Stranahan
Other derivations are
possible. If your last name is not located here, AND it is a derivative
of the surname STRACHAN... Please,
contact us to have your surname added.
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Strain Surname History
As a result of genealogical evidence we know
that some Strachans changed their surname to Strain between the 17th
and 19th century.
However, genealogist Dr. Edward MacLysaght,
Author of the book, More Irish Families, claims that Strain
came from O’Srutháin, the name of an sept of Donegal
mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters (1204).
Strahan, Strain, Shryhane – There are
two slightly different forms of this surname in Irish –
O’Sraitheáin and O’Srutháin, both as Strahan and Strain (Co.
Down) found now in Ulster in fair numbers. The sept was of
Tirconnell where they were enenaghs of Conwall in the barony of
Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal. Sitric O’Sruithen is mentioned by the
Four Masters as such in the year 1204. The Annals refer to them
as followers of the O’Donnells with whom, however, at the end of
the sixteenth century they were at loggerheads.
Contrary to this, according to
www.MyFamily.com,
"The surname of Strain is considered a local name, from a town in
the north of Scotland, written Strachan, it is also thought
to be a contraction of Strachan."
However, according to
www.IrishIdentity.com lists the following: Strahan,
Strain: A Donegal name derived from the Irish for stream.
Strain is the version associated with Co. Down"
Finally, to confuse matters more,
www.Ireland.com
ancestry website notes, "The similarity to the Scottish name
Strachan, and suggests that the Strain surname may be Scottish in
origin, derived from the surname STRACHAN." This seems to make some
sense, as the property survey in Ireland (1848) indicates all 121
Strain households resided in present day Northern Ireland or Donegal
(Northwestern most tip of Ireland). James VI of Scotland's Ulster
Plantation of N. Ireland in the early 1600s, and In the mid-1600s
Cromwell's invasion of Northern Ireland abrought numerous Protestant
families to Ulster... including in large number STRACHAN Scots.
Perhaps most appropriately, according to
Origins of the Strain surname, "The picture is not
absolutely clear where the Strains came from—whether they
descended from the clan of the Irish chieftain O’Sruitheain of
Donegal, or if they came to Ireland from the Scotland. Since many
of the inhabitants of Scotland descended from Irish ancestors it is
even possible that the family originated in Ireland, but migrated to
Scotland, and were then transplanted back in the 17th
Century. It is also possible that the Strain surname has several
different origins and that not all Strains are related."
Given the aforementioned, the Clan Strachan
Society therefore treats the STRAIN surname as a derivative spelling
of the STRACHAN surname, but out of respect to those who wish to
celebrate their Irish heritage, we also recognize that part of
your/our history as well.
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Strong Surname History
STRONG surname and variations Included are similar sounding
surnames (e.g., Straughan), etymologically equivalent
names (e.g., Strachan), surnames that may have been
shortened to Strong (e.g., Strongman, Stronger),
and surnames that might be mis-recorded or misperceived as
Strong (e.g., Strang). The most common surnames in this
group are Strong, Stronge, Strongman, Straughan, Straughn,
Strang, Strange, Strangeman, Strachan, and Strawn.
The name
is first seen in the 1700's and ironically supports the previous
assumption.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong
There are other names with STRONG in it at a much earlier
date, but they tend to be descriptive and not surnames as we
know it (i.e. pre-feudal system)
The surname might also be a
contraction of Armstrong, also a Scottish surname.
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