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‘Tragedeigh’: 50 Painfully Bad Names Parents Decided Were Perfect For Their Offspring (New Pics)
It's funny how sometimes you misspell a word and it takes on a whole new meaning. Or name a child so uniquely that it turns out to be a 'Tragedeigh'. We know naming a child is a tough task and parents usually want it to be one-of-a-kind, but it should be done responsibly.
There is a subreddit called the same name, 'r/tragedeigh', and it is full of names that have been misspelled, or made up for the sake of appearing distinctive. We've compiled our favorite names from the subreddit, so grab a snack and let's get scrolling!
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#1
Please Someone Tell Me This Is Real
Susan Bosse 1 year ago
I love it when companies have awesome social media people. It's hysterical watching them roast people.
More and more parents are deciding to give their children unique names. It's a product of our evolving cultures. According to Aysha Imtiaz from 'Family Tree', "Research shows today’s rising popularity of unique baby names reflects a move from collectivism to individualistic societies, and provides important contextual clues about whom parents want their children to be."
#2
Byrthdeigh Parteigh (Not Oc)
We all are unique, especially to our parents. They know that your name will be one of the biggest parts of you, so they understand the need to try and give a baby a one-of-a-kind name. "Our given name forges our identity, influences name stereotypes, may dictate the types of jobs we pursue and even predict career achievements."
#4
This Tweeter Is Not A Fan Of Mckeinsleigh Graycynn
#5
I'm Dying. This Was In My Due Date Group
#6
They Had A Sale On Vowels At Old Mcdonald’s Farm
Some parents try and give international names, so it would be better known abroad. Some find unique words in foreign languages and adapt them to a name. Just like in one of these posts on the subreddit, when a girl was named Lecesta after a city in the United Kingdom (Leicester).
#8
Issa Holideigh Blessing
#9
Historical (But I Think Hilarious) Tragedeigh
Giving unique names is surely a new trend. In the past, parents used to name their kids with the most popular names (like William in Britain). This resulted in half of Great Britain's boys' names being the same. Imtiaz says, "This is because naming conventions were founded in religious and ancestral ties. For example, scriptural names were popular, and English Puritans sometimes named their children after moral attributes, such as Faith or Mercy." Similarly, in Islamic countries, children's names tend to be religion-related, like Muhammad, after the Holy Prophet.
#11
Finalleigh I Found One
Jill Rhodry 1 year ago
In an old school way this is correct - Ashley, would be the male spelling and Ashleigh the female.
#12
Can’t Make This Stuff Up If I Wanted To
Laura Wattenberg, founder of namerology.com and author of The Baby Name Wizard, says that a baby's name is also a parent's self-expression: "Research has established the steady decrease in common names in the US from the 1950s, especially from 1983, and a recent macro-level study analyzing 348 million American baby names across 137 years (1880 to 2017) showed Baby Boomers increased the number of novel names per thousand people four-fold for boys and 2.75 times for girls."
#13
Surprised I Couldn't Find This One In This Sub Anywhere
#14
Found On Instagram
FoxThatHasFennecaphobia 1 year ago
Don't you know? Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdaigh, Thursday, Friday
#15
Poor Girl
Today, parents' styles and values are reflected in the names they give their kids. Pamela Redmond, the author of "Beyond Jennifer & Jason", a book about generations, believes that, "We hear a lot of parents saying they want to give their sons gender-neutral names to signal feminist values, or honor family in a way that’s in step with current styles – so Grandpa Arthur may get honored by giving your son the middle name Bear, Arthur’s meaning."
#16
Just. . . Why?
#17
It Pains Me My Cousin Named Her Child This
ynyrhydref56 1 year ago
Sounds like a Southern exclamation. 'well, blazeleigh dayze! If that ain't the wildest thing I ever heard!'
#18
Seven Tragedeighs
We encourage you to stay unique and in style. As we've learned, a name is a huge part of a human's identity. Just be cautious and don't let it become a 'Tragedeigh'. Keep scrolling to see more of these unique names and if you're looking for some more content on the topic, check out our previous editions about it.
#19
What Would You Do?
#20
Yikes
#21
Posted In My Due Date Group
#22
Oh Neaux
#23
Faith Is Too Common
#24
Found In The Wild
JoyfulZebra 1 year ago (edited)
"Classy and Christian." Saint Heyleeigh was always my favorite person in the Bible.
#25
No, No, No. I Refuse To Believe This Is Real!
#26
Your Name Is What?
#27
I Had To Post This
FoxThatHasFennecaphobia 1 year ago (edited)
Techno Mechanicus sounds like a rock band name, not a baby name
#28
It’s Only 8 Am And I Need A Break From The Internet Today
#29
Surprised This Isn’t Here Yet
Susan Bosse 1 year ago
I remember when this starting making the rounds years ago. I have a friend named Erika and laughed so hard at this. Repeatedly.
David Martin 1 year ago
The sign next to her head is appropriate, cause they spelled "Moron" the way she spells "Erica"
Bettye McKee 1 year ago (edited)
Well, she'll never be a pilot unless she changes her name. (I suggest Erica.)
Anthony Nizza 1 year ago
Please lady change your name! And why didn't you change it when you turned 18?!!!?
#30
Congrats On Graduating Daycare!
#31
It’s Pronounced ‘Ab-City’
#32
Funniest Sh*t I’ve Seen All Day
#33
Names So Bad That Autocorrect Won't Let Me Type Them
JoyfulZebra 1 year ago (edited)
"Aw, you're baby's cute! What's her name?" "Maybe she was born with it, maybe it's Maybelline 🤷♀️"
#34
Omelette Would Be A Dream Compared To Some Of The Names Posted
#35
Unhinged
#36
This Name Has To Be A Joke
#37
Does This Count As A Tragedeigh?
#38
Tragedeigh Worthy?
Duvet Woman 1 year ago
Isn't there confusion between Xale and Xael? Though I suppose that's the least of their worries.
#39
Listen, I'm A Giant Marvel Nerd Who Plans To Name Her Kid(S) After Some Of The Characters, But This Is Just Too Much
#40
Please. Please Don't Do This To Her
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
Why not just Andrew? Then you can nickname it Drew and it sounds the same
#41
No Ma'am, Not Silly At All
#42
Hey, Guess The Names Of The Pre-School Ad Girl's Siblings (They Aren't Better)
Duvet Woman 1 year ago
That paragraph is just looking like a cat danced on the keyboard. I've got a headache now.
#43
I Weep For Gen A
#44
New Way To Spell Courtney Just Dropped
#45
From A Real Estate Listing In Montana
#46
Jfc…
#47
Is There A Legal Limit To The Number Of Silent Letters That Can Be In A Tragedeigh?
#48
Does This Count?
#49
Influencer’s Baby Name Inspired By Outdoors, Western, Spiritual, Earthy
Tobias Reaper 1 year ago
inspired by outdoors nothing they named there baby after a mortal kombat character
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Paddling Panda 1 year ago
All these kids are going to name their kids Bob, Bill, Debbie, and Susan.
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
The legal offices will be extremely busy when all these people grow up and can legally change their names.
Sanjneel 1 year ago
With the way things are going, I think in future it would be children with normal names getting made fun of for their 'unique' names.
MezzoPiano 1 year ago
I had the same thought. Not about getting made fun of, per se, because I still think "traditional" names will have enough presence to be normal, but the more the tragedeighs happen, the most normalized it will be until eventually nobody will think twice about it. I say this as someone with a name that was super uncommon when I was a kid. I had to tell people how to pronounce it all the time, and I definitely got made fun of. But then, when I was a teenager, all of a sudden my name got really popular. I never get asked about it anymore, although it has been a victim of tradjedeigh spelling, so I always have to spell it for people. Kids with that name are definitely not getting made fun of now like I did. And on the one hand, it's nice to be able to find stuff with my name on it now, but on the other hand, I kind of miss having a name that's a conversation starter.
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Meh 1 year ago
I feel so boring, we only called ours Emma, Howard and Alexander (Alex). And we got grief over Howard
SoraPlaysandReviews22 1 year ago
There’s a girl in my kids class named Analee. I’m like come on how did you not see that??
Rostit. . 1 year ago
well if her name is Analee, it probably gets her from behind so she cant see it coming.
Load More Replies... BTSKY 1 year ago (edited)
My 5 year olds have pretty standard names - William and Oliver (Liam and Ollie). Their middle names are Chinese, but their mom is Chinese and we live in China... so, yeah. These names make me glad we left North America.
Kim 1 year ago
That make sense. I had a friend from Hong Kong and she had one english name and one chinese.
Load More Replies... Duvet Woman 1 year ago
My friend was telling me about all the weird names the kids in her daughter's class had. She couldn't remember one but knew it was a spice so she had to go and look through all my spice jars until she found Cinnamon.
Kim 1 year ago
Cinnamon is not that bad considering there are kids named Ginger.
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Hokuloa 1 year ago
Anyone remember the famous Hogg family from Texas? They named their daughter Ima. Ima Hogg.
MezzoPiano 1 year ago
I have a colleague whose last name is "Head". Her husband wanted so badly to name their son "Noah". He genuinely didn't hear it until she repeated it back to him with the last name included. They went with a different name.
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Lee-Ann 1 year ago
Remember folks, the kids you are naming these stupid names are going to decide what home to put you in when you are old.
Šimon Špaček 1 year ago
Dear god, it is hard enough to get names correctly for various computer systems already with Stevens, Stephens, Steves, Stefans and so, I have no idea how to spell those... random keyboard smashes?
DB 1 year ago
Went to school with a kid whose family last name was "Battles'. His name was Major. Sounded like a history book. His younger brother, who was the second child, was name El Segundo. Major used to get mad when we called his brother "number two" (as in poop) despite that being the literal translation.
Toothless Feline 1 year ago
The more of these I see, the more I understand nations that have a list of approved names that baby names must be selected from.
Kim 1 year ago
I live in a country that doesn’t, but we do have rules that say the name can not be offensive or cause possible discomfort for the child, so names like ”Anakin” and ”Blueberry” are ok, but not ”Liquor Store” or ”Hitler”
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H05 1 year ago
When I was pregnant with our first, we proudly told my boundry stomping MIL we had picked a "beautiful" unisex name and were sticking with it, whatever the gender. It was so bad she didn't even post it on FB, lol. We had a great laugh for a week or so until we told her it was a joke.
Sara Wilson 1 year ago
A few years ago, I read that NZ had to actually make LAWS to keep parents from naming their kids c**p like this. Because they were getting so many requests from KIDS even, to change their names. The girl the article was specifically writing about was "Lula From Talula Likes To Hula. 100% legit her name (based on a news article, I think was from a legit news source, but don't quote me there)
Ivy at Eve 6 months ago
She was allowed to legally change her name, if I remember correctly although she was still a minor. At least Parkinggarage (named after the place he was conceived, I really wish I was joking) waited until his 18th birthday. He is now called John (got this from a newspaper too and no, no april 1st...)
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Jeremy James 1 year ago
Bubba Licious, Couponita, Gonorrhea, Buttuglia, Visene, and Jenna Talia.
Panda Pandemic 11 months ago
I mean different cultures have weird and odd sounding names to any foreigner that is not apart of that culture. For instance, Asian names, African names and so many others. Why would America be any different? I get people want to shame others or be offended by names they wouldn't name their own kids. But I can assure you even the name David is ridiculously, weird, and odd to people who are from the cultures I mentioned earlier. So I guess I don't get why people think or feel this way about names. It's just a name. Names are neither good or bad. Just something we answer to and use to identify each other.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
You know in 50 years such kind of names will be normal in the US, right? Just look at all the hippy names that are out there. Bet they sparked controversy back than, just as these do now.
Panda Pandemic 11 months ago
Have you not heard other cultures names? We are all different and there's nothing wrong with that. It's also not something to be bothered by. Unless you're just a crappy person.
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Steve Hall 1 year ago
These people will be responsible for destroying their children's mental health. Not to mention any chance of getting a decent job in the future.
Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago
After this, the name LaSteroid Daddy Hack IV doesn't bother me at all.
Mike Fitzpatrick 1 year ago
On the flip side, these kids will probably grow up tough enough to whip their weight in wildcats.
Nay Wilson 1 year ago (edited)
Ok, I’ve made it to the end of the list and I can safely say that the world needs a universal law decreeing that names like all of the above ⬆️ simply are not allowed! Because oh my god 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ these are absolutely atrocious!
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
Poor kids. I know I'm being shallow, but I'm not hanging out with anyone who calls themselves any name like this.
rapid unscheduled disassembly 1 year ago
I saw a sign wishing Geode a happy 10th birthday today. Geode. Oof.
Pan Narrans 1 year ago
Read about a Dutch girl who wanted to name her girl Nikey-Boo. There's a saying here that some names aren't names but a diagnosis.
Kim 1 year ago
Common white-trash names have that saying, like the name Dylan is basically saying your kid have ADHD
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Glenn Schroeder 1 year ago
I knew a man once whose parents just gave him two initials (O.W.) instead of a name. He said "I don't know why those people would give me a f*****d up name like that."
Billy Harrelson 1 year ago
I've said it before but at my son's school there are boys with several different variations on the name Jackson. Like yeah, I get it, you wanted to nickname your son Jax, but c'mon, how many Xs do you need in your name.
cj be like 3 weeks ago
jesus this gave me a headache. if i ever had kids the most outrageous name i'd go with would probably be Calliope, but NEEEEVER this
LynzCatastrophe 1 year ago
My sister named her kid Logan. My sister-in-law named hers Neisa'am.
Deborah Rubin 1 year ago
I feel sorry for the kids. Is this reason enough to go NC and change their name? At least to a spelling that gives you a hint as to how it's pronounced.
Trisec Tebeakesse 1 year ago
My child's name-journey seems tame by comparison. Our son is Javier, pretty routine, right? But Mrs. TriSec is of Basque extraction, and we toyed with using the Basque spelling of "Xabier" (pronounced the same.) Only in America, he'd be "X-avier", and that's not what we wanted. So, Spanish spelling it is.
Kim 1 year ago
Actually that is an urban legend. L-dash-a does not exist.
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Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
Saw people on Judge Judy whose surnames were Kitchenmaster and Householder. How would one acquire surnames like that? Far too modern, must have been changed by choice.
Mila Preradović 1 year ago
To be fair, while many languages (well, at least I know for sure mine, and English) has surnames like Blacksmith, Cook or Potter (my maiden name is Potter translated :D), it was about time they modernize a bit, I'm expecting future surnames being Copywriter, Developer or Influencer :)
Load More Replies... Performingyak 1 year ago (edited)
Anyone else see the story about little Methamphetamine Rules? Parent is a journalist and was expecting it to get rejected as an unusable name when doing her story... oops, slipped through the cracks.
Kim 1 year ago
Yup, but atleast she did not intend for that to be his name.
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SkyDragonAerial (Aro/Ace, Cassgender) 1 year ago
I have a friend named Pheo, (pronounced feo, not Theo) but the catch is, he picked it himself.
Kim 1 year ago
Pheo is not an unusual name. Pheo and Pheodor have been aound for a few hundred years.
Load More Replies... Kim 1 year ago
There is a guy on youtube named Mike Channel (real name) Makes you wonder what his parents were thinking.
Load More Replies... Paddling Panda 1 year ago
All these kids are going to name their kids Bob, Bill, Debbie, and Susan.
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
The legal offices will be extremely busy when all these people grow up and can legally change their names.
Sanjneel 1 year ago
With the way things are going, I think in future it would be children with normal names getting made fun of for their 'unique' names.
MezzoPiano 1 year ago
I had the same thought. Not about getting made fun of, per se, because I still think "traditional" names will have enough presence to be normal, but the more the tragedeighs happen, the most normalized it will be until eventually nobody will think twice about it. I say this as someone with a name that was super uncommon when I was a kid. I had to tell people how to pronounce it all the time, and I definitely got made fun of. But then, when I was a teenager, all of a sudden my name got really popular. I never get asked about it anymore, although it has been a victim of tradjedeigh spelling, so I always have to spell it for people. Kids with that name are definitely not getting made fun of now like I did. And on the one hand, it's nice to be able to find stuff with my name on it now, but on the other hand, I kind of miss having a name that's a conversation starter.
Load More Replies... Meh 1 year ago
I feel so boring, we only called ours Emma, Howard and Alexander (Alex). And we got grief over Howard
SoraPlaysandReviews22 1 year ago
There’s a girl in my kids class named Analee. I’m like come on how did you not see that??
Rostit. . 1 year ago
well if her name is Analee, it probably gets her from behind so she cant see it coming.
Load More Replies... BTSKY 1 year ago (edited)
My 5 year olds have pretty standard names - William and Oliver (Liam and Ollie). Their middle names are Chinese, but their mom is Chinese and we live in China... so, yeah. These names make me glad we left North America.
Kim 1 year ago
That make sense. I had a friend from Hong Kong and she had one english name and one chinese.
Load More Replies... Duvet Woman 1 year ago
My friend was telling me about all the weird names the kids in her daughter's class had. She couldn't remember one but knew it was a spice so she had to go and look through all my spice jars until she found Cinnamon.
Kim 1 year ago
Cinnamon is not that bad considering there are kids named Ginger.
Load More Replies... Hokuloa 1 year ago
Anyone remember the famous Hogg family from Texas? They named their daughter Ima. Ima Hogg.
MezzoPiano 1 year ago
I have a colleague whose last name is "Head". Her husband wanted so badly to name their son "Noah". He genuinely didn't hear it until she repeated it back to him with the last name included. They went with a different name.
Load More Replies... Lee-Ann 1 year ago
Remember folks, the kids you are naming these stupid names are going to decide what home to put you in when you are old.
Šimon Špaček 1 year ago
Dear god, it is hard enough to get names correctly for various computer systems already with Stevens, Stephens, Steves, Stefans and so, I have no idea how to spell those... random keyboard smashes?
DB 1 year ago
Went to school with a kid whose family last name was "Battles'. His name was Major. Sounded like a history book. His younger brother, who was the second child, was name El Segundo. Major used to get mad when we called his brother "number two" (as in poop) despite that being the literal translation.
Toothless Feline 1 year ago
The more of these I see, the more I understand nations that have a list of approved names that baby names must be selected from.
Kim 1 year ago
I live in a country that doesn’t, but we do have rules that say the name can not be offensive or cause possible discomfort for the child, so names like ”Anakin” and ”Blueberry” are ok, but not ”Liquor Store” or ”Hitler”
Load More Replies... H05 1 year ago
When I was pregnant with our first, we proudly told my boundry stomping MIL we had picked a "beautiful" unisex name and were sticking with it, whatever the gender. It was so bad she didn't even post it on FB, lol. We had a great laugh for a week or so until we told her it was a joke.
Sara Wilson 1 year ago
A few years ago, I read that NZ had to actually make LAWS to keep parents from naming their kids c**p like this. Because they were getting so many requests from KIDS even, to change their names. The girl the article was specifically writing about was "Lula From Talula Likes To Hula. 100% legit her name (based on a news article, I think was from a legit news source, but don't quote me there)
Ivy at Eve 6 months ago
She was allowed to legally change her name, if I remember correctly although she was still a minor. At least Parkinggarage (named after the place he was conceived, I really wish I was joking) waited until his 18th birthday. He is now called John (got this from a newspaper too and no, no april 1st...)
Load More Replies... Jeremy James 1 year ago
Bubba Licious, Couponita, Gonorrhea, Buttuglia, Visene, and Jenna Talia.
Panda Pandemic 11 months ago
I mean different cultures have weird and odd sounding names to any foreigner that is not apart of that culture. For instance, Asian names, African names and so many others. Why would America be any different? I get people want to shame others or be offended by names they wouldn't name their own kids. But I can assure you even the name David is ridiculously, weird, and odd to people who are from the cultures I mentioned earlier. So I guess I don't get why people think or feel this way about names. It's just a name. Names are neither good or bad. Just something we answer to and use to identify each other.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
You know in 50 years such kind of names will be normal in the US, right? Just look at all the hippy names that are out there. Bet they sparked controversy back than, just as these do now.
Panda Pandemic 11 months ago
Have you not heard other cultures names? We are all different and there's nothing wrong with that. It's also not something to be bothered by. Unless you're just a crappy person.
Load More Replies... Steve Hall 1 year ago
These people will be responsible for destroying their children's mental health. Not to mention any chance of getting a decent job in the future.
Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago
After this, the name LaSteroid Daddy Hack IV doesn't bother me at all.
Mike Fitzpatrick 1 year ago
On the flip side, these kids will probably grow up tough enough to whip their weight in wildcats.
Nay Wilson 1 year ago (edited)
Ok, I’ve made it to the end of the list and I can safely say that the world needs a universal law decreeing that names like all of the above ⬆️ simply are not allowed! Because oh my god 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ these are absolutely atrocious!
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
Poor kids. I know I'm being shallow, but I'm not hanging out with anyone who calls themselves any name like this.
rapid unscheduled disassembly 1 year ago
I saw a sign wishing Geode a happy 10th birthday today. Geode. Oof.
Pan Narrans 1 year ago
Read about a Dutch girl who wanted to name her girl Nikey-Boo. There's a saying here that some names aren't names but a diagnosis.
Kim 1 year ago
Common white-trash names have that saying, like the name Dylan is basically saying your kid have ADHD
Load More Replies... Glenn Schroeder 1 year ago
I knew a man once whose parents just gave him two initials (O.W.) instead of a name. He said "I don't know why those people would give me a f*****d up name like that."
Billy Harrelson 1 year ago
I've said it before but at my son's school there are boys with several different variations on the name Jackson. Like yeah, I get it, you wanted to nickname your son Jax, but c'mon, how many Xs do you need in your name.
cj be like 3 weeks ago
jesus this gave me a headache. if i ever had kids the most outrageous name i'd go with would probably be Calliope, but NEEEEVER this
LynzCatastrophe 1 year ago
My sister named her kid Logan. My sister-in-law named hers Neisa'am.
Deborah Rubin 1 year ago
I feel sorry for the kids. Is this reason enough to go NC and change their name? At least to a spelling that gives you a hint as to how it's pronounced.
Trisec Tebeakesse 1 year ago
My child's name-journey seems tame by comparison. Our son is Javier, pretty routine, right? But Mrs. TriSec is of Basque extraction, and we toyed with using the Basque spelling of "Xabier" (pronounced the same.) Only in America, he'd be "X-avier", and that's not what we wanted. So, Spanish spelling it is.
Kim 1 year ago
Actually that is an urban legend. L-dash-a does not exist.
Load More Replies... Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
Saw people on Judge Judy whose surnames were Kitchenmaster and Householder. How would one acquire surnames like that? Far too modern, must have been changed by choice.
Mila Preradović 1 year ago
To be fair, while many languages (well, at least I know for sure mine, and English) has surnames like Blacksmith, Cook or Potter (my maiden name is Potter translated :D), it was about time they modernize a bit, I'm expecting future surnames being Copywriter, Developer or Influencer :)
Load More Replies... Performingyak 1 year ago (edited)
Anyone else see the story about little Methamphetamine Rules? Parent is a journalist and was expecting it to get rejected as an unusable name when doing her story... oops, slipped through the cracks.
Kim 1 year ago
Yup, but atleast she did not intend for that to be his name.
Load More Replies... SkyDragonAerial (Aro/Ace, Cassgender) 1 year ago
I have a friend named Pheo, (pronounced feo, not Theo) but the catch is, he picked it himself.
Kim 1 year ago
Pheo is not an unusual name. Pheo and Pheodor have been aound for a few hundred years.
Load More Replies... Kim 1 year ago
There is a guy on youtube named Mike Channel (real name) Makes you wonder what his parents were thinking.
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