Given name & surname
Meehan
“descendant of Miadachán”
Meehan is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Meehan goes back to Irish Ó Miadhacháin, meaning “descendant of Miadachán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Ó Miadhacháin (“descendant of Miadachán”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Meehan’s family of names
In English usage, Meehan as a surname has a related form in Meegan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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