From Ó Miadhacháin, ‘honourable’ — a Roscommon and Leitrim name.
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Gaelic Origin · Root meaning ‘honourable, esteemed’
Meehan comes from Ó Miadhacháin, built on a root carrying a sense of honour or esteem. The family were established across Roscommon and Leitrim, in Connacht country that produced several similarly complimentary names, each one a plain request — kept as a surname — to be thought well of.
A name that asked, plainly, to be thought well of — and has carried that request for eight centuries.
Irish form: Ó Miadhacháin
