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Michael Williams

in the US

There are 9,451 people with the name "Michael Williams" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Michael	4
Williams	3
Michael Williams	50

is 1st most common John
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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 1st most common Smith
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is 3rd most common Williams
is 4th most common Brown
is 5th most common Jones
is 6th most common Miller
is 7th most common Davis
is 8th most common Anderson
is 9th most common Wilson

is 46th most common Mary Smith
is 47th most common Michael Jones
is 48th most common William Jones
is 49th most common Thomas Smith
is 50th most common Michael Williams
is 51st most common Richard Johnson
is 52nd most common Robert Anderson
is 53rd most common John Jones
is 54th most common Jose Perez

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Meaning & History

Michael

Williams

(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.