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".
EspinosaSpanish From Spanish espinoso meaning "thorny", ultimately from Latin spinosus, a derivative of spina meaning "thorn, spine". This was the real surname of the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), who was of Portuguese Jewish origin.
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".
MorandiItalian From the Italian medieval given name Morando meaning "steadfast".
OrtizSpanish Means "son of Orti", a byname deriving either from Latin fortis meaning "brave, strong" or fortunius meaning "fortunate".
PotenzaItalian From the name of the southern Italian city of Potenza, called Potentia in Latin, meaning "power, force".
Power 2English From Middle English povre meaning "poor", via Old French from Latin pauper. It could have been a nickname for someone who had no money or a miser.
RobustelliItalian From a nickname for a strong person, from Italian robusto "strong", from Latin robustus "firm, solid, oaken".
StabileItalian From the medieval Italian given name Stabile meaning "stable, firm".
StarkEnglish, German From a nickname meaning "strong, rigid", from Old English stearc or Old High German stark.
StoicaRomanian From Romanian stoic meaning "stoic, impassive".
StrongEnglish Nickname derived from Middle English strong or strang meaning "strong".
TerrellEnglish Probably derived from the Norman French nickname tirel meaning "to pull", referring to a stubborn person.
TostoItalian From a nickname for a tough, stubborn person, from Italian tosto"hard, tough".
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.
VastagHungarian From a nickname meaning "stout, thick" in Hungarian.
WibowoIndonesian From Indonesian wibawa meaning "authority, power", ultimately from Sanskrit विभव (vibhava).