Native German speakers: Strauss mean ostrich? Is there a story behind that?

[Sequoia]

I'm just wondering how the name Strauss, which is I assume fairly common since it is the name of more than one famous composer and at least one politician I've heard of originated.   I've never run into anyone with the last name Ostrich.

Thanks

 

[RockinHarry]

good question. Origins of names (any) are oftenly hard to retrace in history. but according to wiki it´s like this I guess:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss

this goes somewhat deeper:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Strauß

Edited September 12, 2019 by RockinHarry

[Sequoia]

Ah, so it also means bouquet or bunch of flowers as well as a contention or fight . Thanks! 

[StieliAlpha]

Difficult question. As always, when it comes to the roots of names or even words. There is certainly no “one size fits all” answer to your question.

This link gives some additional info: http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/boy/strauss

In respect to the name, the reference to a coat of arms as origin of the name is interesting.

Also note the reference to the old Dutch name “Strüsso“ as origin for „Strauss“. Which could mean a family name originating from „Strüsso“ has no explicit meaning (unless „Strüsso“ had a meaning in Dutch. )

Further this one: https://de.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Strauß

Acc to this explanation,  one meaning of “Strauss” comes from an old German word for bushes, which again would fit nicely to the coat of arms explanation. Or just a description of a location as origin of the name. Later the “Strauss” developed into bundles of upright standing twigs, branches, feathers, etc. From this use, it obviously later developed into the word for bouquets.

 

Edited September 26, 2019 by StieliAlpha

[rocketman]

In Swedish ostrich is "struts" and a bouquet of flowers are gathered in a cone like shape which is "strut" in Swedish. Pretty similar.