Let's put down the sledgehammer and firehose when attempting specific goals.<p>You can do a Wikipedia search, trademark searches in your target/home country, domain registrar checks, and search on Google Maps, OSM, Apple Maps.<p>There are lots of targeted ways to find companies by name.<p>Now if you find something unused, you may be wise to check UrbanDictionary, KnowYourMeme, and your 12-year-old niece. And eventually, Google will find you.<p>By the way, naming something good or positive can sometimes have an effect of eclipsing or erasing the prior bad associations. Perhaps in a few generations, children will only remember "Baby Doc" as their favorite store, divorced from geopolitics.