Given name
Dakodah
“a friend to all”
Dakodah is a variant of Dakota. One Native American interpretation is “a friend to all.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dakodah is a variant of Dakota. One Native American interpretation is “a friend to all.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dakodah is a variant of Dakota. An origin associated with Dakota is Native American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dakodah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 103
- 59 boys · 44 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2014.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dakodah’s family of names
Dakodah has a related form in Dakota.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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