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Michael McCarthy

in the US

There are 1,765 people with the name "Michael McCarthy" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Michael	4
McCarthy	346
Michael McCarthy	1,846

is 1st most common John
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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 342nd most common Ball
is 343rd most common Park
is 344th most common Griffith
is 345th most common Love
is 346th most common Mccarthy
is 347th most common Bowen
is 348th most common Higgins
is 349th most common Sharp
is 350th most common Thornton

is 1,842nd most common James Wagner
is 1,843rd most common Jose Mejia
is 1,844th most common Thomas Collins
is 1,845th most common Thomas Cook
is 1,846th most common Michael Mccarthy
is 1,847th most common Patricia Harris
is 1,848th most common Patricia Jackson
is 1,849th most common Rafael Garcia
is 1,850th most common Scott Taylor

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Meaning & History

Michael

McCarthy

(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.