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It reminds me of Indiana Jones. It sounds like the name of an action heroine in a western or pioneering movie. Missouri Jane would not work on a boy, but Missouri (insert short masculine name) could work. Ouri might make a nice nick name for a boy.

That's cool! Do you know how she pronounced it? I know some people from Missouri pronounce it more like Mizz-ur-uh.

I like it, I think states make cool names, especially unexpected ones.

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I never have connected Missouri and misery before. I don't think they sound THAT much alike.

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I do think it seems more suited for a girl than a boy, maybe because it starts with Miss.

There's a character in some Damon Runyon short stories called, and always referred to as, Miss Missouri Martin, though one of the men sometimes calls her Missou, which I suppose sounds like MiZOO. So to me anyway it's not just female but Roaring Twenties-Great- Depression-Prohibition-Charleston!

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I don't think it'd work too well on most boys. There's always someone who could get away with just about anything (think A Boy Named Sue), but the combination of Miss at the start and an -i ending is going to look fem to most folks.

This message was edited 3/10/2017, 8:45 AM

Nope!
Sounds like misery, and even aside from that doesn't sound very aesthetically pleasing as a name for a person. I don't like it.

Not fond of it, as the sound is pretty close to misery. Also don't like how some people pronounce it Miz-ZUR-ee and some say Miz-ZOR-ee, and some of the residents even say Miz-ZURR-ah.
Missouri Jane does have an early 1900's vibe to it that would work for a character in that time period. Missouri Jane also sounds like a saloon girl or outlaw or trick shooter.