Given name

Massachusetts

Massachusetts is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “from the big hill; from the state of Massachusetts.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Native American interpretation is “from the big hill; from the state of Massachusetts.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.

Massachusetts’s family of names

Massachusetts has a related form in Massa. Massachusetts has a related form in Massachusets. Massachusetts has a related form in Massachusetta.

Walk Massachusetts’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 6

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Massachusetts, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Macha

“aurora” · “goddess of war”

No U.S. birth series

29% boys · 71% girls

Native American · Nature

Mississippi

Mississippi is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “of the great river; from the state of Mississippi.”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Native American

Mandan

“a tribal name”

No U.S. birth series

63% boys · 37% girls

Native American

Arkansas

Arkansas is used as a given name and a surname. One Native American interpretation is “of the downriver people; from the state of Arkansas.”

No U.S. birth series

55% boys · 45% girls

Native American

Anaba

“a woman returning from battle”

No U.S. birth series

40% boys · 60% girls

Native American

Moki

“resembling a deer”

No U.S. birth series

55% boys · 45% girls

Native American

Seminole

“a tribal name”

No U.S. birth series

29% boys · 71% girls

Native American

Talasi

“resembling a cornflower”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Massachusetts’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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