Shanahan

S1H4A1N1A1H4A1N1

proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginIrish Ó Seanacháin →
Less commonScrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper nounShanahan (plural Shanahans)

plural Shanahans

  1. A surname from Irish.

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Seanacháin
  2. EnglishShanahan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Seanacháin.

More words from Irish

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Shanahan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shanahan

MLA

“Shanahan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shanahan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shanahan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shanahan.

Source: Shanahan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.