Strong Name Meaning
English: from Middle English strong, strang ‘strong’, generally a nickname for a strong man but perhaps sometimes applied ironically to a weakling.
French: translation of Trahand, a metonymic occupational name for a silkworker who drew out the thread from the cocoons (see Trahan). Translation of Ashkenazic Jewish Stark.
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Josiah Strong fought in the Revolutionary War. Died in Geneva, NY