Name Meanings & Origins

DAKOTA

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The name DAKOTA may have Indigenous American origins.

From the name of the Native American people of the northern Mississippi valley, or from the two American states that were named for them: North and South Dakota (until 1889 unified as the Dakota Territory). The tribal name means "allies, friends" in the Dakota language.

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