# Sheehan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,282

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

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

## Easily confused with
- **sheen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheehan-vs-sheen)
- **Sheena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheehan-vs-sheena)
- **Sherman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheehan-vs-sherman)
- **Sheeran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheehan-vs-sheeran)
- **Stephan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheehan-vs-stephan)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hseehan`, `sehehan`, `sheeahn`, `sheehann`, `sheehhan`, `sheehna`, `shehan`, `shehean`, `shheehan`, `ssheehan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sheehan