Lakota Family History

Czech: nickname for a miser from lakota ‘miserliness’ by extension also ‘miser’. Slovak: nickname from lakota ‘sweet dainty’. Slovenian: nickname from lakota ‘hunger’ by extension also ‘greediness’ possibly applied to a greedy person or to a thin or poor person or to someone with a canine appetite.

Native American (Sioux): ethnic name from the name of the Native American Lakota people a division of the Sioux nation which means ‘allied’ (or ‘allies’) and ‘friendly’ (or ‘friends’) in their language.

See also Dakota.