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Michael Kelly

in the US

There are 4,195 people with the name "Michael Kelly" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Michael	4
Kelly	66
Michael Kelly	285

is 1st most common John
is 2nd most common Robert
is 3rd most common James
is 4th most common Michael
is 5th most common David
is 6th most common William
is 7th most common Mary
is 8th most common Richard
is 9th most common Thomas

is 62nd most common Bell
is 63rd most common Reed
is 64th most common Cox
is 65th most common Ward
is 66th most common Kelly
is 67th most common Howard
is 68th most common Wood
is 69th most common Richardson
is 70th most common Bennett

is 281st most common C Johnson
is 282nd most common William Hall
is 283rd most common Richard Wilson
is 284th most common Robert Green
is 285th most common Michael Kelly
is 286th most common Charles Moore
is 287th most common J Brown
is 288th most common Juan Sanchez
is 289th most common Paul Miller

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Meaning & History

Michael

Kelly

(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.