English Explanatory Dictionary

Behan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Behan Behans

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beacháin (“descendant of Beachán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of beach (“bee”).

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