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As a name in and of itself it is cute. My biggest problem with it is that I dislike the use of tribe names as first names. While Dakota and Cheyenne are pretty names, they just don't suit a child in my opinion. Tribe names are usually plural. BtN says that Dakota means friend, but a few other sites say it means friends (plural). Based on other tribal names, I am inclined to believe that it is plural. It just doesn't sound right to me to give a name like that to a child. Perhaps I place to great an emphasis on the meaning. My other problem with it is that it is overly popular where I live. In fact, that would have been my youngest sister's name until my parents realized how popular it is and settled on Chloe (which they later realized is just as popular).

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Edited for spelling.

This message was edited 3/21/2008, 10:01 AM