Dog Name
Dakota
About the Name Dakota
- Rank · Female
- #16
- Meaning
- friendly one
- Origin
- Native American tribe and place name; Sioux
- Gender
- Female
- Syllables
- 3
In the ranking of female names for Dogs, Dakota is number 16 (data from 2017).
With 3 syllables, Dakota is a longer, sonorous name – in everyday life it often turns into a nickname. Dakota appears in 8 of our name lists for Dogs, for example “Doberman Names” and “Australian Shepherd Names”.
Dakota in Our Name Lists
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Dakota is also used as a baby name. See the baby name profile →