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Lakota

Lakota is a unisex given name: about 48% of people named Lakota are men and 52% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

UnisexMedium
Male 48%Female 52%

This name is used for both men and women without a strong lean either way.

Verdict
Unisex
Male / female split
48% male / 52% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
1,269 male / 1,403 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Lakota

To address Lakota when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Lakota," in English, "Guten Tag Lakota," in German. About 48% of people named Lakota are men and 52% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Lakota,

German

Guten Tag Lakota,

French

Bonjour Lakota,

Spanish

Estimado/a Lakota:

Chinese

Lakota您好：

Japanese

Lakota様

English

Hi Lakota,

German

Hi Lakota,

French

Salut Lakota,

Spanish

Hola Lakota,

Chinese

Lakota你好：

Japanese

Lakotaさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Lakota by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonunisex name48%

United States birth data

1,269 male · 1,403 female · 2,672 births recorded

Male 47%Female 53%

Since 1980: 47% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Lakota a male or female name?

Lakota is a unisex given name: about 48% of people named Lakota are men and 52% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Lakota in an email?

To address Lakota when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Lakota," in English, "Guten Tag Lakota," in German. About 48% of people named Lakota are men and 52% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Lakota a unisex name?

Lakota is a unisex name: 48% of people named Lakota are men. The split stays close across most of the countries in the data.

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Lakota a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/lakota (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_lakota,
  title  = {Is Lakota a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/lakota},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}