Lestrange is a French name, so it makes sense that it would be pronounced the French way.
:smack: How could I forget? Someone even pointed it out in one of our Potter discussions here!
Well there you go! His hair is described as “tawny”, which is orange!
And as saoirse said, one can find the word “scourge” in there (which I had noticed when looking for anagrams). That could describe a no-nonsense Auror catcher who doesn’t mind going a little overboard in his pursuit of evil-doers (e.g. imprisoning the innocent Stan Shunpike - and by the way, shunpike is the name of a type of back road in England from what I hear).
I guess the name of Rufus Scrimgeour was more cleverly chosen than I gave Ms. Rowling credit for.
I also had a friend whose surname was Scrimgeour, except I was an adult at the time. Anyway, he pronounced his name “SCRIM-jer.”