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Michael Petersen

in the US

There are 537 people with the name "Michael Petersen" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Michael	4
Petersen	492
Michael Petersen	16,853

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is 488th most common Cochran
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is 492nd most common Petersen
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is 16,849th most common Matthew Myers
is 16,850th most common Mattie Williams
is 16,851st most common Michael Lindsey
is 16,852nd most common Michael Mcginnis
is 16,853rd most common Michael Petersen
is 16,854th most common Michelle Kelly
is 16,855th most common Oscar Rivera
is 16,856th most common Pamela Cook
is 16,857th most common Patricia Hicks

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Meaning & History

Michael

Petersen

(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.