all of the states have human names that they most commonly use while in public (they also present themselves in a human form, but that's something for another chapter)

*a lot of the states choose to go by these names as nicknames too

*this list isn't finished btw

Alabama: Al Montgomery

Alaska: Alexei Sokolov

Arizona: Ari Phoenix

Arkansas: Andrew Kanan

California: Angela Goldfield

Colombia, District of: Colette Washington

Colorado: Collin Aldro

Connecticut: Constance (Connie) Hepburn

Delaware: Devin Williams

Florida: Flora Hall

Georgia: Georgette Lantis

Hawaii:

Idaho:

Illinois: Lincoln Springfield

Indiana: Ana Jones

Iowa:

Kansas: Dorothy Kanan

Kentucky: Ken (Tucker) Frankfort

Louisiana: Louise Anniston

Maine:

Maryland: Mary Lane

Massachusetts: Macie F. Chamberlain

Michigan: Michelle Lansing

Minnesota: Michael (Micah) Paulson

Mississippi: Missy Jackson

Missouri: Mia

Montana: Helen Montana

Nebraska:

Nevada: Nevaeh Carson

New Hampshire: Thomas Hampshire

New Jersey: Jacqueline (Jackie) Trent

New Mexico: Mateo Sánchez

New York: Tony Giuliani

North Carolina: Noah Charles

North Dakota: Nahimana Dakota (Nahimana is a mistranslated spelling of the word secret in Lakota/Sioux)

Ohio: Oscar Wright

Oklahoma:

Oregon:

Pennsylvania: Pennelope (Penny) Harrisburg

Rhode Island: Ryan Isaac

South Carolina: Sarah Charles

South Dakota: Skah Dakota (Skah means white in Lakota/Sioux)

Tennessee:

Texas: Austin Starr Jones (yes the star is necessary texas is just that extra)

Utah:

Vermont:

Virginia: Victoria Richmond

Washington:

West Virginia: Victor West

Wisconsin:

Wyoming:

*dc almost always goes by her human name, colette

*a lot of their names sound like their state (bc i'm so smart) or their state capital (i'm even smarter) or a populous city in their state (the smartest)

*the "f" in massachusetts' name is a tribute to jfk! (and may or may not be a hetalia reference ??)

*the name lincoln for illinois comes from abraham lincoln

*ohio's last name comes from the wright brothers

*the name dorothy for kansas comes from the wizard of oz. up until she changed it to match the character in 1939, her name was kathryn!

*research was done for alaska, new mexico, new york, south dakota, and north dakota. if any of these names are inaccurate please let me know so i can fix them!!

if you guys have ideas on names for the rest of the states make sure to comment!!