Etymology

Stranahan

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Ó Sranacháin
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Sranacháin“descendant of Sranachán”
  2. English todayStranahan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sranacháin (“descendant of Sranachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of srannach (“snoring, stertorous”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.