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Arthur, Galahad, Lancelot
Which one would you name a son, and why? Hmm. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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Galahad sounds silly in Dutch, so that'd be the first to rule out. I like Arthur and Lancelot both, but I'd go with Arthur. The surname the boy would have isn't suited for names ending in a -t. Otherwise Lancelot would be tempting...
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Arthur, It's actually on my list. It was my great grandfather's name.
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Arthur. It's the most usable of the three, since a Galahad would probably me teased for the "prudish" association, and Lancelot is rather pretentious, though the nickname Lance could make it more approachable.
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Arthur because it is the only one that’s usable (although I did know a kid named Lancelot).
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Arthur, because I think it is the easiest to live with. I really dislike Lance, which seems inevitable with Lancelot (I also think Lancelot is ridiculous), and Galahad is just way too much name. I would consider Gawain as a middle name, but probably not a first name since most people would probably pronounce it to rhyme with "wayne"
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One of my cousins married a guy named Gawain. He pronounced it as one syllable: Gwayne. Rhyming with Wayne.

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Galahad (nn Galad maybe). I like some variations on Arthur (Artos, Artur, etc.) but not Arthur itself because it sometimes has a sort of nasal nerdy old man feel. While I like Lance and Lancel, Lancelot is a little too dramatic for IRL. Galahad is in the middle IMO, and it shares sounds with some other names I'd use.
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Probably one of the few times I would go for the very popular option. I love Arthur, and nowhere near like Lancelot or Galahad enough for their absence from the popularity list to sway me.
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I dislike Arthur!
And Lancelot would annoy me because I hate Lance and I don't like the image I have of Lancelot. (I don't really know Arthurian legend) It also sounds like lance a lot. Do you dance a lot, Lancelot? Do you pull down your pants a lot? It's irresistible.
Galahad sounds OTT/weird but is the coolest of them.
I'd be most favorably impressed by someone who chose Galahad.
I'd be most favorably impressed by someone named Arthur, although I could admire Galahad too once I got used to it.
I guess I'd name my son Arthur, and endure it by calling him Art. Art isn't as ugly as Arthur.

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Arthur, the other ones aren’t really useable. Arthur also has Koestler and Miller as namesakes.
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Arthur, because it's the only one I like and also the only one that wouldn't raise eyebrows.
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Arthur. It's the only one that sounds like an actual person's name.
Galahad you never hear unless somebody's being sarcastic about some guy's lack of chivalry. Kinda like Einstein is used sarcastically when somebody says or does something dumb.
Lancelot doesn't sound like a real person either, and it shortens to Lance, which makes me think of a stupid surfer dude who has been in the water so long his brains shrunk.
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