Behan
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English
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beacháin (“descendant of Beachán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of beach (“bee”).
Proper noun
Behan (plural Behans)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Behan is the 11092nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2862 individuals. Behan is most common among White (90.95%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Behan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127.
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Behan m pers (female equivalent Behanová)
- a male surname
Further reading
- “Behan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024