Utah State Names

Utah Nicknames and Resident's Name

Southwest

• Beehive State

• Mormon State

• Land of the Saints

• Salt Lake State

Beehive State

Important icon in the Mormon religion that is depicted on the state flag. The beehive became the official state emblem on March 4, 1959. Utahans relate the beehive symbol to industry and the pioneer virtues of thrift and perseverance. The beehive was chosen as the emblem for the provisional State of Deseret in 1848 and was maintained on the seal of the State of Utah when Utah became a state in 1896.

Land of the Saints

From the official name of the Mormon religion.

Origin of Utah State Name

From the Ute tribe, meaning "people of the mountains”

The Navajo Indians were referred to by the Apache as "Yuttahih" meaning "one that is higher up." Europeans misunderstood this term to refer to the tribes living higher in the mountains than the Navajo, the Utes, and the territory was called the land of the Utes, Utah.

Utah Postal Code

UT

Utah Resident's Name

Utahan, Utahn