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Michael Shields

in the US

There are 624 people with the name "Michael Shields" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Michael	4
Shields	606
Michael Shields	12,962

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is 606th most common Shields
is 607th most common Hensley
is 608th most common Savage
is 609th most common Baxter
is 610th most common Golden

is 12,958th most common Mary Neal
is 12,959th most common Mary Wade
is 12,960th most common Melissa Scott
is 12,961st most common Michael Dwyer
is 12,962nd most common Michael Shields
is 12,963rd most common Mohammed Ali
is 12,964th most common Pamela Carter
is 12,965th most common Patricia Gordon
is 12,966th most common Patricia Henry

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Meaning & History

Michael

Shields

(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.