KANSAS(堪萨斯):来源于苏族印第安语,意思是"people of the south wind", "南风的人们"。
KENTUCKY(肯塔基):来源于易洛魁印第安语"Ken-tah-ten",意思是"land of tomorrow" or "the dark or bolldy ground","希望的土地",或"黑色的沃土"。
LOUISIANA(路易斯安那):纪念法国路易十四世皇帝,"In honor of Louis XIV fo France".
MAINE(缅因):纪念英国查理一世皇后海丽塔·玛丽亚,"Henrietta Maria, Queen fo Charles I of England"据说她拥有过法国的缅因省,"The province of Mayne in France"
MARYLAND(马里兰):纪念英国查理一世皇后海丽塔·玛丽"In honor of Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I of England". MASSACHUSETTS(麻萨诸塞):来源于印第安语,意思是"great mountain place","伟大的山地"。