as a Last Name
- 29,487
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Sheehan
Meaning & Origins
Irish: reduced form of O’Sheehan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Síodhacháin‘descendant of Síodhachán’, a personal name representing a diminutive of síodhach ‘peaceful’, the same word as sítheach. Compare Sheehy.
| 1,204th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 29,487
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Sheehan per capita
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