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What does Dakota mean?
Dakota 
▼ as a boys' name (also used more widely as girls' name Dakota) is pronounced da-KOH-tah. It is of Native American Indian origin, and the meaning of Dakota is "friend, ally". Tribal name and place name. May also possibly mean "forever smiling". Furniture designer Dakota Jackson.
STARTS WITH Da-
ASSOCIATED WITH friend
Variations
VARIANTS Daccota, Dakoda, Dakodah, Dakotah▼, Dakoeta, Dekota, Dekohta, Dekowta
FEMININE FORM Cree
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dakota Royce (D.R.), ..
How popular is Dakota?
Dakota is an uncommon first name for men but a somewhat popular last name for all people (#82691 out of 150436, Top 55%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Dakota was first listed in 1980-1989 and reached its highest rank of #56 in the U.S. in the year 1995, and is at #378 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2016)
Which version is better?
Dakoda, Dakotah, Dekota, Montana and Takoda are the popular varying forms of Dakota (#378 IN RECENT RANKINGS). Usage of these forms of Dakota reached its highest in the year 1995 (MEDIAN #1039) and is now significantly lower (#1729, ▼87.8%).
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Dago, Dagon, Dajohn, Dajon, Dalon, Damon▼, Damone, Damont, Damonte, Dana▼, Danko, Danon, Dantae, Dantay, Dante, Danya, Darko, Darold, Daron, Dart, Daunte, Davon▼, Davonn, Daytan, Diot, Drakon, Makoto, Mata, Nata and Nikita. These names tend to be more frequently used than Dakota.
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