Given name
Nokomis
“a daughter of the moon”
Nokomis is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “a daughter of the moon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “a daughter of the moon.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nokomis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 60
- 0 boys · 60 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 144 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nokomis’s family of names
Nokomis has a related form in Nokomiss. Nokomis has a related form in Nokomisse. Nokomis has a related form in Nokomys.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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