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Michael McPherson

in the US

There are 423 people with the name "Michael McPherson" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Michael	4
McPherson	865
Michael McPherson	25,420

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is 861st most common Coffey
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is 863rd most common Werner
is 864th most common Trevino
is 865th most common Mcpherson
is 866th most common Rowland
is 867th most common Rasmussen
is 868th most common Donaldson
is 869th most common Burch

is 25,416th most common Michael Cowan
is 25,417th most common Michael Gentry
is 25,418th most common Michael Goldstein
is 25,419th most common Michael Krause
is 25,420th most common Michael Mcpherson
is 25,421st most common Michael Middleton
is 25,422nd most common Nancy Dunn
is 25,423rd most common Nancy Shaw
is 25,424th most common Nicole Baker

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Meaning & History

Michael

McPherson

(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.