Mississippi - Meaning of Mississippi

What does Mississippi mean?

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Mississippi

[ 4 syll. mis-sis-sip-pi, mi-ssissi-ppi ] The baby girl name Mississippi is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced MIHSihSIHPiy †. Mississippi has its origins in the Native American language. The meaning of Mississippi is 'of the great river; from the state of Mississippi'.

Forms of Mississippi include the names Misisipi, Misisippi, Misissippi, Missisippi, and Mississipi.

See also the related categories, river and american.

Mississippi is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Mississippi include Misissippi, Misisipi, Misisippi, Missisippi, Mississipi, Mahadevee, Mahadevey, Mahadevie, Mahadevy, Mahbubee, Mahbubey, Mahbubi, Mahbubie, Mahubi, Mashavu, Meadghbh, and Mizpeh.

† English pronunciation for Mississippi: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"