This is a list of surnames in which the description contains the keyword strong.
ArmstrongEnglish 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.
BährGerman From Middle High German bër"bear" or ber"boar". This was originally a nickname for a strong or brave person.
BeaufortFrench From various French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and fort "strong place, fortress".
CarlisleEnglish 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.
DufortFrench Means "from the fort", from French fort "stronghold".
FermiItalian Originally indicated a person from the town of Fermo in the Marche region of Italy, originally called Firmum in Latin meaning "strong, steady, firm".
FortierFrench Derived from Old French fort"stronghold", indicating a person who lived near or worked at such a place.
GagliardiItalian From Italian gagliardo meaning "strong, vigorous".
OrtizSpanish Means "son of Orti", a byname deriving either from Latin fortis meaning "brave, strong" or fortunius meaning "fortunate".
RobustelliItalian From a nickname for a strong person, from Italian robusto "strong", from Latin robustus "firm, solid, oaken".
StarkEnglish, German From a nickname meaning "strong, rigid", from Old English stearc or Old High German stark.
StrongEnglish Nickname derived from Middle English strong or strang meaning "strong".
TurnbullEnglish, Scottish Nickname for someone thought to be strong enough to turn around a bull.
VassHungarian 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.