Meehan

English

Alternative forms

• Meegan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈmiːhæ̝ːn], [ˈmiɪn]

Proper noun

Meehan (countable and uncountable, plural Meehans)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A townland in County Westmeath, Ireland.
3. An unincorporated community in the town of Plover, Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Meehania

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Meehan is the 2464^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14630 individuals. Meehan is most common among White (94.96%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Meehan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 565.