I went to school with a girl who was, unfortunately, named LaPhreeka. I still wonder what her mother was smoking. She contacted me two years ago after she had turned 18 and legally changed her name. It was actually rather funny. She changed it to Phree and went on about how she was “Phree! Phree at last! Thank god almighty, she was Phree”. It’s not too big an improvement, but it’s better than having “freak” in your name, and it keeps her mother happy because it’s still close to her original name.

-W.