The strahl Surname
strahl Name Meaning and History
- German: from Middle High German strale ‘flash of lightning’, ‘strip of land’; it may have been a nickname from the first sense, but appears more generally to have derived from the second sense, as a topographic name or from a field name.
- German (Strähl): metonymic occupational name for a comb maker, from Middle High German stæl ‘comb’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from Yiddish shtral or German Strahl ‘ray of light’, ‘sunbeam’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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