Family name origins & meanings
- German : occupational name for a rope maker or knitter (of hose, for example), from an agent derivative of Middle High German, Middle Low German stricken ‘to tie’.
- German : occupational name for someone who snared animals, from an agent derivative of Middle High German stric, Middle Low German strik ‘cord’, ‘rope’.
- Dutch : occupational name for someone whose job was to fill level measures of grain by passing a flat stick over the brim of the measure, thus removing any heaped excess, Middle Dutch strijker. Compare Streicher.