DAKOTA  

Gender: F
Origin: Native American, Sioux
Meaning: "friendly one"

Popularity in 2008: #267

One of the first trendy nineties western place-names, now galloping into the sunset.

Variations:
Dakodah, Dakoda, Dekota, Dakkota, Dekotah, Dakotah

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