Mehigan Family History & Genealogy

Summary

The Mehigan family name comes from Ireland, according to Irish censuses, likely around 500 - 1000 AD. It was likely a small Irish clan named after it's chieftan, indicated by current distribution of Mehigans around the world.


The Mehigan family is an old heredity that has spread all across the world over the centuries, and as the name Mehigan has spread, it's spelling has evolved, tying it to a greater set of family names such as Mehegan and Meaghan.


This Mehigan research page contains the accumulated history of the Mehigan last name made up of user-contributed content from other AncientFaces users. Mehigan family history has a rich and complex origin of which the particulars have been accumulated over the years by Mehigan family members.

History

The Mehigan family name comes from Ireland, according to Irish censuses, likely around 500 - 1000 AD. It was likely a small Irish clan named after it's chieftan, indicated by current distribution of Mehigans around the world.


The Mehigan family is an old heredity that has spread all across the world over the centuries, and as the name Mehigan has spread, it's spelling has evolved, tying it to a greater set of family names such as Mehegan and Meaghan.


This Mehigan research page contains the accumulated history of the Mehigan last name made up of user-contributed content from other AncientFaces users. Mehigan family history has a rich and complex origin of which the particulars have been accumulated over the years by Mehigan family members.

Name Origin

The surname Mehigan most likely refers to the name of the founding clan leader of the Mehigan clean. This was the tradition of Irish and Scottish clan names originating around the time when Mehigan family name came into appearance (500 AD - 1000 AD).

Spellings & Pronunciations

Mehegan
Meaghan
O'Mehegan



In times when literacy was uncommon, names such as Mehigan were transcribed based on how they sounded when people's names were recorded in official records. This could have resulted in misspellings of Mehigan. Researching misspellings and alternate spellings of the Mehigan family name are important to understanding the possible origins of the name. Family names like Mehigan transform in how they're spelled as they travel across villages, family lines, and languages over generations.

Nationality & Ethnicity

As far as historical record shows, the Mehigan surname originated in Ireland, as evidenced by census records, Castle Mehigan in County Cork, and the island of O'Mehigan (translated from maps of Ireland, which indicate "Oilean Ui Mhaothagain" and "Inismheaghain", aka "Isle of O'Mehigan")



O'Mehigan was very likely the name of a chieftan who built the the self-named crannog (man-made island) of O'Mehigan and later, the Castle Mehigan.

The Mehigan name is still predominantly an Irish ethnic family.

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Early Mehigans

These are the earliest records we have of the Mehigan family.