Louisiana State Names

Louisiana Name Etymology and State Nicknames

South

• Pelican State

• Bayou State

• Child of the Mississippi

• The Creole State

• The Mardi Gras State

• The Cajun State

• Jazz capital of the US

• Sportsman's Paradise

• Bayou Country

• Cajun Country

• Sportsman's Paradise

• Sugar State

Pelican State

Tribute to the official state bird, the brown pelican, which is native to Louisiana.

Child of the Mississippi

River flows past New Orleans into the Gulf of Mexico.

Origin of Louisiana State Name

In honor of Louis XIV of France.

Louisiana is another state, along with Illinois, that bears the mark of Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle. The first European to descend the Mississippi River to the delta, this French explorer named the area La Louisianne after Louis XIV of France in 1682.

Louisiana Postal Code

LA

Louisiana Resident's Name

Louisianan, Louisianian