Maricopa

The Maricopa people are a Native American tribe who have lived on the banks of the Gila River for centuries. The tribe calls themselves Piipaash or Piipaa (meaning "people") — the term Maricopa is borrowed from Spanish.

Maricopa is also associated with the Arizona county, named after the tribe. A number of Arizona place names are rising in use — Phoenix, Mesa, Sedona — but Maricopa has yet to make the charts as a baby name.

Pronounced mar-i-KOH-puh.