Mehigan
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, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Gary Mehigan, English-Australian chef and restaurateur
- Irving P. Mehigan, American state senator for Wisconsin
- Joshua Mehigan, American poet.
- Mick Mehigan, Irish Gaelic footballer
- P.D. Mehigan, Irish sportsperson and journalist
Meighan
- Clement Woodward Meighan, archaeologist
- Hunter Meighan, New York politician
- John Meighan, Irish politician
- Patrick Meighan, American saxophonist
- Ron Meighan, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Thomas Meighan, American actor in silent films and early talkies
- Tom Meighan, English musician, the lead vocalist of Kasabian
Meighen
- Arthur Meighen, 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, the wife of Arthur Meighen
- Lillian Meighen Wright, Canadian philanthropist, and daughter of Arthur and Isabel Meighen
- Maxwell Meighen, Canadian financier, and son of Arthur and Isabel Meighen
- Michael Meighen, Canadian lawyer, cultural patron and former senator, and son of Theodore Meighen
- Richard Meighen, London publisher
- Theodore Meighen, Canadian lawyer and philanthropist and the son of Arthur and Isabel Meighen