Origin unidentified. Possibly an Americanized form of
Strachan, Straughan, reflecting the pronunciation, or of
Strawhorn, a Scottish name found in Ayrshire and Dumfries,
which Black believes to be of local origin, from the lands of
Strowarrane or Strawarrane, recorded in Ayr in the 17th century.
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