List of Mississippi placenames of Native American origin
# List of Mississippi placenames of Native American origin

The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Mississippi whose names are derived from Native American languages.

## Listings

### State

* Mississippi – from an Algonquian language, probably Ojibwe, meaning "big river" (Ojibwe misiziibi).

### Counties

* Amite County – either from French amitié ("friendship"), or Choctaw himmita ("young")
* Attala County
* Chickasaw County
* Choctaw County
   * Choctaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi
   * Choctaw, Neshoba County, Mississippi
* Coahoma County
* Coahoma
* Copiah County
* Issaquena County
   * Issaquena
* Itawamba County
* Neshoba County
   * Neshoba
* Noxubee County
* Oktibbeha County
* Panola County
* Pontotoc County
   * Pontotoc
* Tallahatchie County
* Tippah County
* Tishomingo County
* Tunica County
* Yalobusha County
* Yazoo County
   * Yazoo City
   * Little Yazoo

### Settlements

* Acona – uncertain etymology
* Alamucha
* Arcola
* Arkabutla
* Bigbee and Bigbee Valley – shortened from Tombigbee
* Biloxi
* Bogue Chitto
   * Bogue Chitto, Lincoln County
   * Bogue Chitto River and several creeks named Bogue Chitto with headwaters in Hinds, Kemper, Noxubee, and Clarke Counties – from Choctaw bok (creek) and chito (big)
* Bolatusha
* Buckatunna
* Byhalia – uncertain etymology
* Bywy
   * By-Wy Creek
   * Bywy Creek
* Cayuga – named for the Cayuga, an Iroquois nation from New York
* Chatawa
* Cheraw – named for the Cheraw people of North Carolina
* Chiwapa
* Chulahoma
* Chunky
* Cohay
* Coila
* Conehatta
* Coosa
* Eastabuchie
* Escatawpa
* Eucutta
* Hiwannee
* Homochitto
* Hopoca – uncertain etymology
* Hushpuckena
* Itta Bena
* Ituma
* Iuka – uncertain etymology
* Kewanee – uncertain Choctaw etymology; uncertain relationship to Kewanee, Illinois as an anatopism
* Kokomo – named after Kokomo, Indiana, itself of uncertain etymology
* Kolola Springs
* Looxahoma
* Mantachie
* Mashulaville
* Michigan City – named after Michigan
* Mingo – named after the Chickasaw word for chief, not the Mingo tribe
* Mississippi City
* Muskegon – named after Muskegon, Michigan
* Nanachehaw (Allen)
* Napanee – uncertain etymology
* Natchez
* New Houlka
* Nitta Yuma
* Noxapater
* Ocobla
* Ofahoma
* Okahola
* Oklahoma
* Okolona
* Oktoc
* Oswego – named for Oswego, New York
* Osyka
* Pachuta
* Pascagoula
* Pelahatchie
* Pocahontas – named after a Powhatan individual from Virginia
* Poticaw Landing – uncertain etymology
* Quofaloma
* Sabougla
* Sapa – very uncertain etymology
* Saratoga – named for Saratoga, New York
* Satartia
* Scooba
* Senatobia
* Shoccoe – named for Shocco Creek, North Carolina, itself of Catawba etymology
* Shongelo
* Shubuta
* Shuqualak
* Sipsey Fork
* Skuna
* Sucarnoochee
* Suqualena
* Tallahala
* Tallula
* Talowah
* Tamola
* Tawanta – very uncertain etymology
* Tchula
* Teoc
* Texas – named for Texas, which has Caddoan etymology
* Tibbee
* Tillatoba
* Tippo
* Tishomingo
* Toccopola
* Tocowa
* Toomsuba
* Topeka – named for Topeka, Kansas
* Topisaw
* Tougaloo – likely derived from Choctaw for "two creeks" or "second creek" and unrelated to the Cherokee Tugaloo
* Tula
* Tunica and North Tunica
* Tupelo
* Tuscola
* Wahalak
* Wautubbee
* Wenasoga – very uncertain etymology
* Winona – named Winona, Minnesota, itself named after a Dakota individual
* Yokena

### Bodies of water

* Abiaca Creek
* Abotcaputa Creek
* Alampa Creek
* Alamuchee Creek
* Amite River
* Apookta Creek
* Archusa Creek
* Arkabutla Creek and Arkabutla Lake
* Lake Atchafalaya (Atchafalaya Bayou, Silver City, Mississippi)
* Bagasha Creek
* Bahala Creek
* Bala Chitto Creek
* Balucta Creek
* Batupan Bogue
* Bayou Costapia
* Bayou Talla (Hancock County) and Bayou Talla (Jackson County)
* Beasha Creek
* Besa Chitto Creek
* Bibalucta Creek
* Biba Wila Creek
* Biloxi River and Biloxi Bay
* Bodka Creek
* Big Bogue
* Big Scooba Creek, Little Scooba Creek, and Flat Scooba Creek
* Bogue Cheely
* Bogue Culley
* Bogue Ealiah Creek, Boguefala Creek, Boque Falia Creek, Bogue Faliah, Bogue Fallah, Bogue Flower (Lauderdale County), Bogue Flower (Clarke County), and Bogue Phalia – from Choctaw bok (creek) and falaa (long)
* Bogue Falema Creek
* Bogue Hasty
* Bogue Homo, Bogue Homo & Bogue Homo Lake, and Bogue Homa – from Choctaw bok (creek) and homma (red)
* Bogue Statinea
* Boguegaba Creek
* Bokshenya Creek
* Bolatusha Creek
* Bolingchessa Creek
* Bollybusha Creek
* Bophumpa Creek
* Bose Nukse Creek
* Boughenia Creek
* Buckatunna Creek and Buckatunna Lake
* Busfaloba Creek
* Butputter Creek – uncertain etymology
* Buttahatchee River
* Byhalia Creek
* Calabrella Creek
* Canna Creek
* Castaffa Creek
* Catahoula Creek
* Catalpa Creek
* Chautauqua Lake & Lake Chautauqua – named after Chautauqua Lake in New York, which has Iroquoian origin.
* Chenokaby Creek, an older name for Scotchenflipper Creek
* Chewalla Creek and Chewalla Lake – from Chickasaw chowaala (cedar); Chewawah Creek is possibly a corrupted form of that same etymology
* Chicago Branch – named for Chicago, itself derived from a Great Lakes Algonquian language.
* Chickasaw Bayou and Chickasaw Hill
* Chickasawhay River and Chickasawhay Creek
* Chicopa Creek
* Chicwillasaw Creek
* Chief Chisca Lake
* Chilli Creek
* Chinchahoma Creek
* Chittobochiah Creek and its historic name, Ittobechi Creek.
* Chiwapa Creek
* Chubby Creek (Itawamba County) and Chubby Creek (Benton County)
* Chunky Creek and Chunky River
* Chuquatonchee Creek
* Coffadeliah Creek
* Coffee Bogue
* Coila Creek
* Comite Creek – very uncertain etymology
* Concobona Creek
* Conehatta Creek
* Conehoma Creek
* Coonewah Creek
* Coonipper Creek
* Coonshuck Creek
* Copiah Creek and Copiah Lake
* Cuffawa Creek
* Cushtusia Creek
* Escatawpa River
* Etehomo Creek
* Euclautubba Creek
* Eucutta Creek and Eutacutachee Creek
* Fannegusha Creek, Fannegusha Creek, and Old Fannegusha Creek
* Funny Creek and Funny Yockana Creek
* Hashuqua Creek
* Hatchapaloo Creek
* Hatchie River – related to the common root word for "river" in Muscogean languages, such as Choctaw hvcha or hacha and Creek hvtce; however, the river is located within traditional Chickasaw homeland of North Mississippi, and the modern Chickasaw word for river is abookoshi’, suggesting that either the name is a more recent appellation or that the Chickasaw language has diverged from Choctaw.
* Hickahala Creek
* Hobolochitto Creek
* Hobuck Creek
* Hollicar Creek
* Homochitto River
* Hontokalo Creek
* Hornolucka Creek
* Hotopha Creek
* Houlka Creek
* Hushpuckena River and Hushpuckena Creek
* Ichusa Creek
* Ishitubba Creek
* Jofuska Creek
* Kentawka Canal
* Kentuctah Creek
* Kenty Creek
* Kickapoo Lake – named after the Kickapoo people originally of the Illinois Country
* Kinterbish Creek
* Kittahutty Creek
* Lafomby Creek
* Lake Itawamba
* Lake Mohawk – named for the Mohawk, an Iroquois nation from New York
* Lake Monocnoc
* Lake Piomingo
* Lake Pushmataha
* Lake Sequoyah
* Lake Tallaha
* Lake Tangipahoa
* Lake Tiak-O'Khata
* Lappatubby Creek
* Little Bogue
* Loakfoma Creek and Loakfoma Lake
* Lobutcha Creek
* Lonsilocher Canal
* Lucknuck Creek
* Lukfapa Creek
* Luneluah Creek
* Luxapallila Creek
* Magowah Creek
* Mantachie Creek
* Mattubby Creek
* Minga Branch (Monroe County), Mingo Branch (Tishomingo County), and Mingo Creek (Clarke County) – named after the Chickasaw minko’ (chief), not the Mingo people
* Minnehaha River (Magnolia, Mississippi) – named after the Minnehaha Falls in Minnesota
* Mississippi River and Mississippi Sound – from the Ojibwe 'Great River'
* Mubby Creek
* Nanabe Creek
* Nanih Waiya Creek
* Natchez Island and Natchez Lake
* Neshoba County Lake
* Nita Lake
* Nonconnah Creek, in Tennessee and slightly within Marshall County, Mississippi
* Noxapater Creek
* Noxubee River
* Nuakfuppa Creek
* Nusichiya Creek, an older name for Line Creek
* Oaklimeter Creek
* Oakohay Creek
* Oak Slush Creek, previously Okshash Creek
* Ocobla Creek
* Okachickima Creek
* Okahatta Creek
* Okannatie Creek
* Okatibbee Creek and Okatibbee Lake
* Okatoma Creek
* Okatuppa Creek
* Okeelala Creek
* Okhissa Lake
* Oktibbeha County Lake
* Oktibee Creek
* Oktoc Creek
* Okwakee Creek
* Otak Creek
* Otoucalofa Creek
* Pachuta Creek
* Palusha Creek Canal
* Pascagoula River and Pascagoula Bay
* Pawticfaw Creek
* Peachahala Creek
* Pechahalee Creek
* Pee Dee Creek – named after the Pee Dee River in South Carolina
* Pelahatchie Creek and Pelahatchie Bay
* Pellaphalia Creek
* Pelucia Creek and Pelucia Bayou
* Penantly Creek
* Pinishook Creek
* Ponta Creek
* Pontotoc Ridge
* Potacocowa Creek
* Poticaw Bayou
* Potlockney Creek
* Potterchitto Creek
* Pottock Creek
* Puchshinnubie Creek
* Pushacoona Creek
* Pushepatapa Creek
* Puskus Creek and Puskus Lake
* Quarterliah Creek
* Quilby Creek
* Sabougla Creek
* Sanoosee Creek, historical name of Snoody Creek; also Sanooda Creek
* Santee Branch – either from Choctaw santi (snake) or named after the Santee River in South Carolina, which was itself named after the Santee tribe
* Scoobachita Creek
* Scutchalo Creek and Scutchalo Falls
* Senatobia Creek
* Seneasha Creek
* Sewayiah Creek
* Shackaloa Creek
* Shaui Koli Creek
* Shiola Creek
* Shockaloo Creek
* Shongelo Creek and Shongelo Lake
* Shubuta Creek
* Shutispear Creek
* Sipsey Creek
* Skillikalia Bayou
* Skuna River
* Socki Creek
* Soctahoma Creek
* Souenlovie Creek
* Sowashee Creek
* Sucarnoochee River
* Sucatolba Creek
* Sugar Bogue
* Suqualena Creek
* Tallabinnela Creek
* Tallabogue Creek (Clarke County), Tallabogue (northern Scott County), and Tallabogue (southern Scott County)
* Tallachula Creek
* Tallahaga Creek
* Tallahala Creek and Tallahalla Creek
* Tallahatchie River
* Tallahatta Creek and Tallahattah Creek
* Tallahoma Creek
* Tallashua Creek
* Tampa Creek
* Tangipahoa River
* Tarlechia Creek
* Tarlow Creek
* Tchoutacabouffa River
* Tchula Lake
* Tennessee River
* Teoc Creek (Kemper County), Teoc Creek (Carroll County), and Teock Creek
* Teoctalia Creek
* Tesheva Creek
* Tibbee Creek, Tibbee Lake, Tibby Creek Attala County, and Tibby Creek
* Tibbehoy Creek
* Tickfaw River
* Tifallili Creek
* Tilda Bogue
* Tillatoba Creek and Tillatoba Lake
* Tippah River
* Tippo Bayou
* Tishkill Creek
* Tishomingo Creek
* Tishtony Creek
* Toby Tubby Creek
* Toccopola Creek
* Tokeba Bayou
* Tombigbee River
* Tonacana Creek
* Toomsuba Creek
* Topashaw Creek
* Topisaw Creek
* Tubbalubba Creek
* Tubby Creek
* Tuckabum Creek
* Tumbaloo Creek
* Tunica Hills and Tunica Lake
* Tuscolameta Creek
* Tuscahoma Formation
* Tuscumbia River
* Tuxachanie Creek
* Upper Bogue
* Wahalak Creek
* Walkiah Bluff
* Waukomis Lake
* Wautubbee Formation
* Wingo Branch
* Yalobusha River
* Yamacrow Creek
* Yanubbee Creek
* Yazoo River
* Yockanookany River
* Yocona River
* Yoda Creek
* Yonaba Creek
* Yonkapin Lake
