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 (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
 * 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