Surnames with "strong" in Description

This is a list of surnames in which the description contains the keyword strong.
usage
keyword
Armstrong English
Means "strong arm" from Middle English. Tradition holds that the family is descended from Siward, an 11th-century Earl of Northumbria. Famous bearers of this name include the Americans Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), a jazz musician, and Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), an astronaut who was the first person to walk on the moon.
Bähr German
From Middle High German bër "bear" or ber "boar". This was originally a nickname for a strong or brave person.
Beaufort French
From various French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and fort "strong place, fortress".
Carlisle English
From the name of a city in northern England. The city was originally called by the Romans Luguvalium meaning "stronghold of Lugus". Later the Brythonic element ker "fort" was appended to the name of the city.
Dufort French
Means "from the fort", from French fort "stronghold".
Erős Hungarian
Means "strong" in Hungarian.
Fermi Italian
Originally indicated a person from the town of Fermo in the Marche region of Italy, originally called Firmum in Latin meaning "strong, steady, firm".
Fortier French
Derived from Old French fort "stronghold", indicating a person who lived near or worked at such a place.
Gagliardi Italian
From Italian gagliardo meaning "strong, vigorous".
Gaillard French
Means "lively, strong" in French.
Ortiz Spanish
Means "son of Orti", a byname deriving either from Latin fortis meaning "brave, strong" or fortunius meaning "fortunate".
Robustelli Italian
From a nickname for a strong person, from Italian robusto "strong", from Latin robustus "firm, solid, oaken".
Stark English, German
From a nickname meaning "strong, rigid", from Old English stearc or Old High German stark.
Strong English
Nickname derived from Middle English strong or strang meaning "strong".
Turnbull English, Scottish
Nickname for someone thought to be strong enough to turn around a bull.
Vass Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian vas meaning "iron", referring to a worker in iron, a miner of iron ore or a vendor of iron goods. Alternatively, from the same root word, it may have been a nickname referring to one with a distinctively strong constitution.