McEachern

McEachern and MacEachern are Irish and Scottish surnames. The names are Anglicised forms of the Gaelic ''Mac Eichthigheirn'', meaning "son of ''Eichthighearn''". The personal name ''Eichthighearn'' is composed of two elements. The first is each, meaning "horse"; the second is ''tighearna'', meaning "lord". The surnames ''MacEachern'' and ''McEachern'' can be represented in Scottish Gaelic by ''MacEachairn'', and ''MacEacharna''. Provided by Wikipedia