Dakota
Place-name; Sioux
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Dakota Origin and Meaning
The name Dakota is a boy's name of Native American origin meaning "friendly one".
An early and still one of the most popular unisex names, also a place name and name of a Native American people in the northern Mississippi valley, which makes it a controversial baby name choice. While the popularity of Dakota is trending downward for both genders, it's one of those rare genuinely gender-neutral names that is used for nearly equal numbers of boys and girls.
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# 349 in the US
Dakota Rank in US Top 1000
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Famous People Named Dakota
- Dakota Avery GoyoCanadian Actor
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- Dakota CochraneAmerican mixed martial artist
- Dakota Ryan HudsonAmerican baseball player
- Rayne Dakota "Dak" PrescottAmerican football player
- Dakota Lohanbrother of actress Lindsay Lohan
- Dakota Starblanket "Cody" Wolfchildson of singer Buffy Sainte,Marie and Sheldon Wolfchild
- Dakota CastilloSmith, son of NFL player Tody Smith
- Dakota Lee Martinezson of actor A Martinez
- Dakota Paul Brinkmanson of actress Melissa Gilbert
- Dakota Chapmanson of bounty hunter/TV personality Leland Chapman
- Dakota Jefferson Holiday Alphin (b. 2010)son of singer Big Kenny
- William Dakota Edwardsson of model/actress Angela Lindvall and William Edwards
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