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Michael Shannon

in the US

There are 871 people with the name "Michael Shannon" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Michael	4
Shannon	663
Michael Shannon	7,132

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is 659th most common Prince
is 660th most common Small
is 661st most common English
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is 663rd most common Shannon
is 664th most common Clay
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is 667th most common Barr

is 7,128th most common Kenneth Price
is 7,129th most common Marcus Smith
is 7,130th most common Maria Franco
is 7,131st most common Mark Perry
is 7,132nd most common Michael Shannon
is 7,133rd most common Nancy Wright
is 7,134th most common Rosa Rivera
is 7,135th most common Willie Lewis
is 7,136th most common Amy Taylor

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Meaning & History

Michael

Shannon

(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.