Strachan

The story

1. Irish · derived fromÓ Sruitheáin“descendant of Sruitheán”
2. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromsrath“river valley”
3. English todayStrachan

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”).

Words from the same roots