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.

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