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Michael Flaherty

in the US

There are 559 people with the name "Michael Flaherty" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Michael	4
Flaherty	1,829
Michael Flaherty	15,693

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is 1,829th most common Flaherty
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is 15,689th most common Karen James
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is 15,692nd most common Mark Newman
is 15,693rd most common Michael Flaherty
is 15,694th most common Michael Herman
is 15,695th most common Patrick Lewis
is 15,696th most common Paul Hernandez
is 15,697th most common Paul Webb

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Meaning & History

Michael

Flaherty

(male) English form of a common biblical name (meaning ‘who is like God?’ in Hebrew) borne by one of the archangels, the protector of the ancient Hebrews, who is also regarded as a saint of the Catholic Church. In the Middle Ages, Michael was regarded as captain of the heavenly host (see Revelation 12:7–9), symbol of the Church Militant, and patron of soldiers. He was often depicted bearing a flaming sword. The name is also borne by a Persian prince and ally of Belshazzar mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Since the early 1900s it has been one of the most enduringly popular boys' names in the English-speaking world. See also Michal.

Cognates: Irish: Mícheál. Scottish Gaelic: Mìcheal. Welsh: Meical, Mihangel. German: Michael. Dutch: Michaël, Machiel. Scandinavian: Mikael. Danish, Norwegian: Mikkel. French: Michel. Spanish, Portuguese: Miguel. Catalan: Miquel. Italian: Michele. Russian: Mikhail. Polish: Michał. Czech: Michal. Croatian: Mihovil. Serbian: Mihajlo. Slovenian: Mihael. Finnish: Mikko. Hungarian: Mihály.