Etymology

Behan

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Ó Beacháin
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Beacháin“descendant of Beachán”
  2. English todayBehan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beacháin (“descendant of Beachán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of beach (“bee”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.