# Strachan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /stɹɔːn/ · frequency rank #39,112

## Definitions
1. A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO674922).
2. A surname.

## Etymology
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”).

## Common misspellings (13)
`srtachan`, `sstrachan`, `starchan`, `stracahn`, `stracchan`, `strachann`, `strachhan`, `strachna`, `strahcan`, `strcahan`, `strrachan`, `sttrachan`, `tsrachan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/strachan