Mehigan is an Irish surname. It comes from the Irish Gaelic 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 (1890), Irish Gaelic footballer
Gary Mehigan (1967), English-Australian chef and restaurateur
Irving P. Mehigan (1898), American state senator for Wisconsin
Joshua Mehigan (1969), American poet.
Mick Mehigan (1887), Irish Gaelic footballer
P.D. Mehigan (1884-1965), Irish sportsperson and journalist
Those with the Meighan variation include:
Clement Woodward Meighan (1925–1997), archaeologist
Hunter Meighan (1914–2008), New York politician
John Meighan (1891-1978), Irish politician
Patrick Meighan, a number of different people
Ron Meighan (1963), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
Thomas Meighan (1879-1936), American actor of silent films and early talkies
Tom Meighan (1981), English musician, the lead vocalist of Kasabian
Those with the Meighen variation include:
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
Isabel Meighen (1882-1985), the wife of Arthur Meighen
Kelly Meighen (b. 1949), wife of Michael 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 (b. 1939), Canadian lawyer, cultural patron and former senator, and son of Theodore Meighen
Richard Meighen (d. 1641), London publisher
Theodore Meighen (1905-1979), Canadian lawyer and philanthropist and the son of Arthur and Isabel Meighen
