Sheehan

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Sheehan

Where it comes from

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Síodhacháin (“descendant of Síodhachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of síodhach (“peaceful”).

proper noun Sheehans · Shawhan

A surname from Irish.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: devin, qian, shean, sian, hsien, xian, sheehy, shealy, shea, shevlin, shanahan, shanley, heaney, leahey, shawhan, mcshea

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@misc{sheehan_2026,
  title = {Sheehan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sheehan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}