as a Last Name
- 14,732
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Meehan
Meaning & Origins
Irish: 1. Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhacháin ‘descendant of Miadhachán’, a diminutive of Miadhach, a byname meaning ‘honorable’. 2. Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maotháin ‘descendant of Maothán’, a personal name representing a diminutive of maoth ‘moist’, ‘soft’, ‘tearful’. 3. in some instances, an assimilated form of Mehegan.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 14,732
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Hampshire
- has the most people named Meehan per capita
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