Lakoda
Meaning of Lakoda
Lakoda, a unisex appellation derived as a phonetic variant of the Sioux term Lakota (“friend, ally”), unfolds as a tapestry of cultural resonance, its terminal –a mirroring the Latin feminine singular nominative suffix that lends the name a sonorous equilibrium. Phonetically rendered in American English as /ləˈkoʊdə/, Lakoda has maintained a persistent presence in U.S. Social Security Administration data since the mid-1990s, oscillating between ranks of roughly 775 and 937 and settling at 915 in 2024; such stability, amid a landscape of more transient fashions, bespeaks an analytical narrative of enduring appeal. The name’s intersection of indigenous heritage with classical inflection offers prospective parents a choice that is at once historically rooted and linguistically elegant.
Pronunciation
American English
- Pronunced as luh-KOH-duh (/ləˈkoʊdə/)
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