| The girl name Dakota [ 3 syll. da-ko-ta, dak-ota ] is also used as a boy name, and it is more commonly a boy name. It is pronounced DahKOWTah KEY. Dakota's language of origin is Dakota and it is predominantly used in English. Derived literally from the word dakota which has the meaning 'friend, ally'. It represents the transferred use of the vocabulary word as a given name. See Dakota for more info. Dakota is a popular baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. At the modest height of its usage in 2006, 0.088% of baby girls were named Dakota. It was #191 in rank then. In 2007, it ranked at #239 with a usage of 0.070%, and it was the most popular within all girl names in its family. In the last century Dakota has primarily been a boy name. In 2006, 22% more boys than girls were given the name Dakota. KEY: Pronunciation for Dakota: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
A famous person named Dakota is Dakota Fanning, Actress, born Hannah Dakota Fanning 23 February 1994, Conyers, Georgia. |
