Etymology

Meehan

Mee·han
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Today it means: A surname from Irish; variant form Meegan. Full definition →

Irish Ó Miadhacháin
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Miadhacháin“descendant of Miadachán”
  2. English todayMeehan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Miadhacháin (“descendant of Miadachán”), a diminutive of miadhach (“honourable”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.