Gerd as a woman’s name sounds nordically normal. But I still snicker when I hear about someone with “Maria” as a male middle name. Like Rainer Maria Rilke, or Carl Maria von Weber.
Yep, it is in french. Except it is Marie but that make very old fashionned name like few century fashion. You can use Marie as the second member of a compound name to make out of trend but still classic french male name : Jean-Marie, Pierre-Marie, François-Marie, etc.
Gerd as a woman’s name sounds nordically normal. But I still snicker when I hear about someone with “Maria” as a male middle name. Like Rainer Maria Rilke, or Carl Maria von Weber.
Yep, it is in french. Except it is Marie but that make very old fashionned name like few century fashion. You can use Marie as the second member of a compound name to make out of trend but still classic french male name : Jean-Marie, Pierre-Marie, François-Marie, etc.
Maria is afaik the only traditional woman’s name that any baby in Germany can have as a second name