names

Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but it could also be the Land of 10,000 confusing city and county names, am I right? What's with these baffling names?

See if your name was trendy, a total bust, or part of a pop culture moment.

Almost everybody has a last name, but not all of them are all that common. But we now know just which surnames ARE the most common here in Minnesota.

It's a familiar Minnesota name that you've likely seen many times, but dairy brand Land O' Lakes almost had a much different, and much more strange name.

Who named these cities and counties-- and what were they thinking?!?

The list has a couple of changes from 2022, with a bunch of names that are more popular in Minnesota than nationally making the list this time around.

It is a pretty common practice to mispronounce names of towns, but here is a compilation of Wisconsin towns sure to leave you toungue tied.

Here are the most popular baby names of 2018 for Duluth and Northeastern Minnesota, compared to the most popular baby names of the year for the United States.

With all the Petersons, Andersons, and Johnsons around the Badger State, what last names are the most common in Wisconsin? How common are those last names compared to the overall population of the state?

With all the Andersons and Olsons and Johnsons around the Land of 10,000 Lakes, what last names are the most common in Minnesota? Also, just how common are those last names?

Not every Tom, Dick and Harry is meant to be a Tom, Dick and Harry.

A man in Sweden has the worlds longest first name it is a ridiculous 65 words long, so we decided to add a few first names of our own!