Scottish: variant of Strong, or possibly, as Black
suggests, of Strange.German: topographic name from
Middle High German stranc ‘strip of land’, or a habitational
name from any of the places so called.German and Jewish
(Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a rope maker, from
Middle High German stranc, German Strang ‘cord’, ‘rope’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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