Where the spelling 다코타 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 다코타 for Dakota.
People in the list with this given name:
- 프레스콧, 레인 다코타 — Prescott, Rayne Dakota
- 패닝, 다코타 — Fanning, Dakota
Sound by sound
Da다ko코ta타
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
- The official list spells Dakota as 다코타, although the general rule gives 더코타.
What Dakota means
Dakota by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 247, 75,351 babies (42% girls, 58% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 다코타: 2.
Korean names for Dakota
These are the converter’s results for Dakota with no gender chosen — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
김단우Kim DanuBoy’s name · 64% sound match
김다은Kim DaeunGirl’s name · 62% sound match
김다온Kim DaonUsed for boys and girls · 62% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 김, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics