Mehigan is an Irish

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. It comes from the

Irish Gaelic Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the ...

name ''Ó Miadhacháin'' that derives from "Miadhach", which means "honourable". There are over a dozen variations on the surname, including Meighan, Meaghan, Mehegan, Megan, Meegan and Meehan. Notable people with the surname Mehigan include: *

Denis Mehigan Denis Mehigan (15 April 1890 – 6 September 1959) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team. Mehigan made his first appearance for the team during the 1912 championship and was a regular member of t ...

(1890), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Gary Mehigan Gary Mehigan (born 12 February 1967) is an English-Australian chef and restaurateur. Mehigan was one of the original judges of the Network 10 series '' MasterChef Australia''. Career Chef Mehigan trained at The Connaught and Le Souffle in ...

(1967), English-Australian chef and restaurateur * Irving P. Mehigan (1898), American state senator for Wisconsin *

Joshua Mehigan Joshua Mehigan (born June 1969) is an American poet. Life and career Joshua Mehigan was born and raised in Upstate New York. He earned a BA from Purchase College and an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Mehigan has worked as a ...

(1969), American poet. *

Mick Mehigan Michael Mehigan (12 September 1886 – 20 December 1955) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and a Sinn Féin politician during the Irish Revolution. Sporting career Mehigan played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team. He made his first app ...

(1887), Irish Gaelic footballer * P.D. Mehigan (1884–1965), Irish sportsperson and journalist Those with the Meighan variation include: *

Clement Woodward Meighan Clement Woodward Meighan (1925–1997) was an archaeologist who made notable contributions to reconstructing the prehistory of southern California, Baja California, and west central Mexico. Early life and education Meighan was born in San Francisc ...

(1925–1997), archaeologist * Hunter Meighan (1914–2008), New York politician *

John Meighan John Joseph Meighan (1891 – 4 March 1978) was an Irish Clann na Talmhan politician. A farmer by profession, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Clann na Talmhan Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon constituency at the 1943 general ...

(1891–1978), Irish politician *

Patrick Meighan Patrick Meighan (born 1949) is an American saxophonist and educator who specializes in classical music, while also performing in jazz, rock, and pop styles. Meighan has been described in ''Musical America ''as "...most exceptional, with an otherw ...

(born 1949), American saxophonist *

Ron Meighan Ron James Meighan (born May 26, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Biography Meighan was born in Montreal, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hoc ...

(1963), Canadian ice hockey defenceman *

Thomas Meighan Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he comm ...

(1879–1936), American actor of silent films and early talkies *

Tom Meighan Thomas Peter Meighan (, born 11 January 1981) is an English singer and musician, best known as the former lead vocalist for the rock band Kasabian. He enjoyed large-scale success with Kasabian in the 2000s and 2010s. He is said to have an inte ...

(1981), English musician, the lead vocalist of Kasabian * Mickey L Meighan (1969), Irish American, Natural Gas Industries Those with the Meighen variation include: *

Arthur Meighen Arthur Meighen (; June 16, 1874 – August 5, 1960) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Canada from 1920 to 1921 and from June to September 1926. He led the Conservative Party from 1920 to 1926 and fro ...

(1874–1960), Canadian lawyer and politician who became Prime Minister, after whom the following locations in Canada are named: **

Meighen Island Meighen Island is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, part of the Arctic Archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Features and history Located at , it measures in size and is topped with an ice cap. The isla ...

, an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands **

Mount Arthur Meighen Mount Arthur Meighen is a mountain located in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains in the east-central interior of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is south of the head of the McLennan River and immediately west of the town of Valem ...

, a mountain in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia *

Isabel Meighen Jessie Isabel Meighen (née Cox; April 18, 1882 – September 6, 1985) was the wife of Arthur Meighen, the ninth Prime Minister of Canada. She was born in Granby, Quebec. She married Arthur Meighen in 1904, and they had two sons and one ...

(1882–1985), the wife of Arthur Meighen *

Lillian Meighen Wright Lillian Wright (née Meighen; 1910 – 1993) was a Canadian philanthropist and the daughter of Canadian Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and Isabel Meighen. She was married to Don Wright, a music teacher and composer that she met while attendi ...

(1910–1993), Canadian philanthropist, and daughter of Arthur and Isabel Meighen *

Maxwell Meighen Colonel Maxwell Charles Gordon Meighen, OBE (June 5, 1908 – February 5, 1992) was a Canadian financier and the son of Canadian Prime Minister Arthur Meighen. Life and career Meighen was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. He graduated f ...

(1908–1992), Canadian financier, and son of Arthur and Isabel Meighen *

Michael Meighen Michael Arthur Meighen, (born March 25, 1939) is a Canadian lawyer, cultural patron, and former senator. He practised as a litigation and commercial lawyer in Montreal and Toronto. He is a grandson of Arthur Meighen, the ninth Prime Minister o ...

(born 1939), Canadian lawyer, cultural patron and former senator, and son of Theodore Meighen *

Richard Meighen Richard Meighen (died 1641) was a London publisher of the Jacobean and Caroline eras. He is noted for his publications of plays of English Renaissance drama; he published the second Ben Jonson folio of 1640/41, and was a member of the syndicat ...

(died 1641), London publisher *

Theodore Meighen Theodore Roosevelt O'Neil Meighen (October 1905 – 1979) was a Canadian lawyer and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of former Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and Isabel Cox. Education Meighen was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. H ...

(1905–1979), Canadian lawyer and philanthropist and the son of Arthur and Isabel Meighen

External links

Mehigan
at the House of Names
Meighan
at the Surname Database {{Surname Anglicised Irish-language surnames

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