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Percival, Gustav & Claude
Husband and I were talking about names again last night and I was trying to convince him that we should change our no.1 name from Theodore to Percival (totally not happening). :(However, we were talking further about middle names. We were at a concert and I was thinking that for future son's 1st middle name I would like it to be a composer that I like. It would be sentimental and special :)So at the moment we are loving:
Claude (Debussy)
Gustav (Holst, though also Mahler)
Percival (after Percy Grainger, even though his name was not Percival, I feel like Percy is too short).So which is best? (SN is Arnold)Theodore Gustav Stewart
Theodore Claude Stewart
Theodore Percival Stewart
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Theodore Gustav StewartIt's unexpected and a little quirky, sounds better than Claude, and does far better at honoring a composer than Percival.
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I say Percival because I do not like Gustav and Claude at all.
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If you really want to use a name from a composer, the Percival doesn't fit the bill. And my choice is easy between Claude and Gustav. So I'd go with Theodore Gustav Stewart. I think the flow is a bit off though. I don't like how the end of Gustav and the beginning of Stewart sounds together.
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Rhythm-wise, Theodore Percival Stewart is the best. Percy Stewart doesn't exactly flow, I'm afraid. Theodore Stewart Claude sounds good too. But in your place I'd go for Gustav, giving a pleasant shock among the other names as well as representing two composers for the 'price' of one.
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Theodore Claude StewartThis combination flows so well, in my opinion!
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Theodore Gustav is just amazing! I love it.
Theodore Claude is also nice.
Theodore Percival is a bit of a mouthful... Theodore Percy would be better.
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I'm with your husband. Theodore is a thousands better than Percival. Not that I actually like Theodore all that much... it's Theo I'm in love with ^_^

Besides, Percival sounds like the knight who was always trailing behind the others, dropping his lance and generally making a muck of things.Out of those three middle names, probably Theodore Gustav sounds the best, much as I dislike Gustav. But followed by Stewart and then Arnold, it's starting to feel really heavy.
So in the end, I'm saying Theodore Claude Stewart, because Claude gives the combo some much needed air :)
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Theodore Gustav is spectacular! I also love Claude and Percival, though they don't harmonize with Theodore as beautifully as Gustav does.
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