Skehan Family History
Skehan Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Sceacháin or Ó Sceacháin ‘son (or descendant) of Sceachán’ a personal name probably based on a diminutive of sceach ‘briar thorn bush’. The Gaelic name has sometimes been ‘translated’ as Thornton .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022