Strahoninec (Hungarian: Drávanagyfalu) is a municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.

Also part of the municipality is the hamlet of Poleve, located just over a kilometre south of the village.

It was derived from strah, the Croatian word for "fear", and minuti, which means "to pass" or "to go away".

They were afraid of a large forest they had to go through after crossing the Drava, and their fears were gone once they entered the village.

It was part of the Čakovec district (Hungarian: Csáktornyai járás) of Zala County in the Kingdom of Hungary until the Treaty of Trianon was signed in 1920.

In 1921, Strahoninec became the seat of a municipality, which also included Kuršanec, Poleve and Totovec.

In 1941, it became part of Hungary again, as the entire Međimurje region was annexed by the Hungarians until 1945.

After World War II, it became part of Croatia within the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia.