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 Felix Meighen (1812–1896), American businessman, brother of William Meighen and father of Thomas Meighen 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 Thomas Meighen (1855–1936), American politician, son of Felix Meighen and nephew of William Meighen William Meighen (1819–1899), American politician, brother of Felix Meighen and uncle of Thomas 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 Renault Mégane, a French car using the Megan name
External links Mehigan at the House of Names Meighan at the Surname Database