Last name: MEEHAN
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Last name frequency
MEEHAN : This last name is indexed 55,495 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
MEEHAN : Irish:: 1: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhacháin or Mac Miadhacháin ‘descendant (or son) of Miadhachán’ a diminutive of Miadhach a byname meaning ‘honorable’. Compare Mee.2: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maotháin ‘descendant of Maothán’ a personal name based on a diminutive of maoth ‘moist’ ‘soft’ or ‘tearful’.
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