Popular Names
DAKOTA Name
| Name: | Dakota |
| Gender: | Male and Female |
| Origin/Usage: | American Indian, English, Native American |
| Meaning: | Friend |
Dakota Fanning: "Doing the movies and meeting the people, and I like the stories of the movies. I like names a lot, too. When I do an audition, there is a script and it has a first page that has the names of all the characters. I'm like, Let me see that real quick, I wanna see what my name is gonna be."