Strickland Family History
Strickland Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Great and Little Strickland (Westmorland) or Strickland Ketel and Strickland Roger (also Westmorland). The placenames derive from Old English stīrc ‘stirk young bullock or heifer’ + land ‘land’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022