How do you pronounce Wakinyan?

Wakinyan is pronounced wah-KEEN-yan.

What is the origin of Wakinyan?

Wakinyan is of Lakota origin, from Lakota Sioux culture.

Boy name Lakota origin Traditional tradition

wah-KEEN-yan · 8 letters · 3 syllables

What it means

thunder being

Language

Lakota

Culture

Lakota Sioux

Religion

Traditional

Style era

modern

Themes

nature · thunder

2024 rank#14100

2024 births5

Peak year2023

First appeared2008

Total US births44

Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

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