Forget the baby name keychains — today’s parents are ditching traditional favorites in favor of unique, unexpected names inspired by people, places and even TikTok trends.

Town councils and businesses along the gulf are conflicted over whether and how to ditch ‘Mexico’ in its name.

Lewis Packwood’s book Curious Video Game Machines was written to fill in some of those gaps. Structured around game consoles ...

Many places in the United States are named after countries and foreign cities, despite having no direct connection to them.

In the two years since Aaron Renn moved to Carmel, Indiana, he has become a kind of unofficial booster for the unusual suburb of Indianapolis.