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Michael Sullivan

in the US

There are 3,557 people with the name "Michael Sullivan" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Michael	4
Sullivan	89
Michael Sullivan	435

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 85th most common Russell
is 86th most common Powell
is 87th most common Sanders
is 88th most common Perry
is 89th most common Sullivan
is 90th most common Fisher
is 91st most common Butler
is 92nd most common Barnes
is 93rd most common Henderson

is 431st most common Maria Reyes
is 432nd most common Jose Alvarez
is 433rd most common John Green
is 434th most common Edward Johnson
is 435th most common Michael Sullivan
is 436th most common John Morris
is 437th most common Mark Davis
is 438th most common William Robinson
is 439th most common David Robinson

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Meaning & History

Michael

Sullivan

(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.