Mehigan

Mehigan
Origin
Language(s)Irish Gaelic
Meaning"honourable"
Region of originIreland

Mehigan is an Irish surname. It comes from the Irish Gaelic name Ó Miadhacháin which derives from "Miadhach", which means "honourable". There are over a dozen variations on the surname, including Meighan, Meaghan, Mehegan, Megan, Meegan and Meehan.

Mehigan

  • Denis Mehigan (1890–1959), Irish Gaelic footballer
  • Gary Mehigan (1967), English-Australian chef and restaurateur
  • Irving P. Mehigan (1898–1980), American state senator for Wisconsin
  • Joshua Mehigan (1969), American poet.
  • Mick Mehigan (1887–1955), Irish Gaelic footballer
  • P.D. Mehigan (1884–1965), Irish sportsperson and journalist

Meighan

  • Clement Woodward Meighan (1925–1997), archaeologist
  • Hunter Meighan (1914–2008), New York politician
  • John Meighan (1891–1978), Irish politician
  • Patrick Meighan (born 1949), American saxophonist
  • Ron Meighan (1963), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
  • Thomas Meighan (1879–1936), American actor in silent films and early talkies
  • Tom Meighan (1981), English musician, the lead vocalist of Kasabian

Meighen

  • Arthur Meighen (1874–1960), Canadian lawyer and politician who became Prime Minister, after whom the following locations in Canada are named:
    • Meighen Island, an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands
    • Mount Arthur Meighen, a mountain in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia
  • Isabel Meighen (1882–1985), the wife of Arthur Meighen
  • Lillian Meighen Wright (1910–1993), Canadian philanthropist, and daughter of Arthur and Isabel Meighen
  • Maxwell Meighen (1908–1992), Canadian financier, and son of Arthur and Isabel Meighen
  • Michael Meighen (born 1939), Canadian lawyer, cultural patron and former senator, and son of Theodore Meighen
  • Richard Meighen (died 1641), London publisher
  • Theodore Meighen (1905–1979), Canadian lawyer and philanthropist and the son of Arthur and Isabel Meighen

See also

  • Meehan, another variation of the surname
  • McMeekin, a usually Scottish variation of the surname
  • Megan, a Welsh given name that has variants Meaghan and Meighan
  • Mehigan at the House of Names
  • Meighan at the Surname Database
Surname list
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