TALLAHASSEE — After President Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he issued about this week's winter storm, DeSantis referred to an "area ...

Google Maps said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System.

An area of ‘low pressure moving across the Gulf of America … will bring widespread impactful winter weather,” the order states.

President Donald Trump ordered the Gulf of Mexico renamed, and Gov. DeSantis officially refers to it in a state document.

The potential name change is more likely to spread confusion than awe — especially if the same body of water is called different names by different countries.

In a Monday state executive order warning Floridians of a fast-approaching winter storm, the governor referred to the Gulf of Mexico, as it has been referred to for at least 353 years, as the “Gulf of America.” The usage made Florida the first state to fall in line with Trump’s plans to rename the ocean basin.

Among the first executive orders signed by President Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is seen in an overflow room for President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration ceremony in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20. Abaca Press ...

Trump also renamed Denali, North America’s tallest peak, as Mount McKinley, despite objections from Alaska’s senators.

In a statement explaining its decision, the AP said Trump has the authority to change the mountain’s name, but the gulf is a global name

Google said the name changes, which also includes using Mount McKinley, will happen when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated.