People of the wooden canoes
Derived from the name of the Missouri tribe, an Indigenous Siouan-speaking people. The name is often translated as 'people of the wooden canoes' or 'he of the big canoe,' referring to their traditional dugout canoes. As a given name, it was used occasionally in the 19th-century United States following the state's admission to the Union.
Less common today
Missouri isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #7,631 in 2021.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Early American pioneer and namesake of several regional landmarks
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