Etymology

McKeehan

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

Irish Mac Caocháin
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  1. Irish · derived fromMac Caocháin“son of Caochán”
  2. English todayMcKeehan

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Caocháin (“son of Caochán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of caoch (“blind, purblind”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.