Dakota
Native American tribe and place name; Sioux
"friendly one"
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Dakota Origin and Meaning
The name Dakota is a girl's name of Native American origin meaning "friendly one".
A Native American tribe name which is found in the names of two US states, Dakota was one of the first trendy nineties place names, but is now flagging a little in popularity. The cultural question around using a Native American tribe name as a baby name may be partly to blame.
Young actress Dakota Fanning helped give it a feminine spin; Rosie O'Donnell chose it for her newborn daughter. Interestingly, Dakota is one of those rare trulyunisex baby names used for almost exactly equal numbers of girls and boys.
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# 262 in the US
Dakota Rank in US Top 1000
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Famous People Named Dakota
- (Hannah) Dakota FanningAmerican actress
- Dakota JohnsonAmerican actress; daughter of actor Don Johnson
- Dakota StatonAmerican jazz singer
- Dakota Blue RichardsBritish actress
- Dakota Ulissa Culkinsister of actor Macaulay Culkin
- Dakota O'Donnelldaughter of Rosie O'Donnell and Michelle Rounds
- Dakota Runnelsdaughter of pro wrestlers Dustin and Terri Runnels
- Dakota Woodside (b. 2009)daughter of actors D.B. Woodside and Golden Brooks
Dakota in Pop Culture
- North DakotaAmerican state
- South DakotaAmerican state
- Dakota Whitneycharacter from"The X Files: I Want to Believe"
- Dakotasong from pop punk band A Rocket to the Moon
- Dakota Condorcharacter from tv show "Sonny with a Chance"
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