Strasser Family History
Strasser Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone living by a main street or highway from Middle High German strasse German Strasse ‘street road’. This form of the surname is also found in Czechia and Slovakia where it is also spelled Štrasser. Compare Strausser and Strawser . In some cases also a Germanized form of Slovenian Stražar (from stražar an occupational name for a sentinel) or a German translation of Slovenian Cestnik (see Cesnik ) or Cestar cognates of This can also be an Americanized or Germanized form of Slovenian Štraser itself of German origin (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022