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I just saw a play of The Snow Queen this afternoon and I was thinking about the name Gerda too.

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I don't like it. In my accent it sounds exactly like the word "girder" as in a beam for building houses.

It's pretty.

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Gerda Louise
Gerda Marie
Gerda Guinevere
Gerda Maribel
Gerda Caroline
Gerda-Rose Salome
Gerda Josephine
Gerda Jessamine
Gerda Lunette

Never heard of it, Can you tell me more about it?

Hmm, not very fond of it with that hard G it gets in other languages. In Swedish it's YAIRD-a, which I like better. :)

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Gerda Elise, Gerda Josephine and Gerda Louise popped into my head. Maybe it needs some French elegance to counter the Germanic severity.

It reminds me of GERD, I'm afraid. I don't care for it.

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I think it needs a middle name that lightens and brightens it. Gerda Violet? Gerda Emily?

Sounds like the name of a barbarian lady. I am going to have to pass.

Honestly, all I can think of is gurning and girdles, and the sound is too gulp-y for me to ever be fond of it, I think. Sorry.

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Gerda Emmeline, maybe? Gerda June?

My mother and stepfather both have trouble with reflux/heartburn. Their diagnosis is gastrointestinal esophageal reflux disease, commonly abbreviated as GERD. This is what Gerda reminds me of, when it doesn't call to mind a beefy blonde German dominatrix in stiletto boots up to her hips and not very much else, waving a whip around and giving commands in German.