Stritch Family Name and Heraldry

Stritch began as an Irish family name. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “dweller at the street or paved road”. Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood.

Stritch sounds close to Streich, so it can help to search both.

Sharing the Stritch name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families. Research your Stritch family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.