"I associate Indian tribe names with trailer trash bikers... they have this big WalMart/truck stop/black velvet painting mysticism thing."
LOL!!! I agree...I expect the boy to have a rat tail (the sureset sign of being trailer trash) when they have the name Dakota.
I also hate the name Cody. I guess it was Kathy Lee Gifford who encouraged that feeling. (smile)
In all honesty, I gave my young son what many think is a weird name...
Chester.
Obviously you don't see many 7-year old Chesters running around, but he came by it honestly. Chet was named after his great grandfather.
I like it because it's a good, decent, hardworking American name; think of guitarist Chet Atkins, jazz great Chet Baker, newsman Chet Huntley, President Chester Alan Arthur; not to mention athletes Chet Lemon, Chester Taylor and Chester McGlockton.