How would you picture an Astrid?

[heimarmene]

Hiya berries

Back with a minor name-change dilemma! I've been thinking about Astrid lately, and I really love it, but I'm a little worried I don't "look the part". I'm part German, part Ukrainian and half Chinese, but look predominately as though somebody's smooshed America Fererra & Jenna Ushkowitz together, added a dash of Penelope Cruz, then aged that combo down to a teenager.

So the question is, would you expect an Astrid to be a tall blonde Scandinavian-Viking-type girl, or could you see her being a short brunette bookworm?

Fun fact: America Fererra was the voice of Astrid in How To Train Your Dragon!

TIA

[emmybee]

Astrid doesn't have to be little miss Nordica. I think it would suit a bookish brunette equally well.

[hellothere]

I imagine an Astrid being exactly like Astrid from Fringe simply because that's the only Astrid I can think of. I really think that as long as you love the name and feel like you can own it, it will suit you perfectly!

[east93]

I always picture Astrid to be brunette, average height.
I think it could work on you just fine.

[aj_bear]

I can deffinetly see Astrid as a short book worm. It makes a bit more sense to me then the Uber Viking (since the only Astrid I know is a short brunette!)
-Athena

[triplicate]

If I had to guess, tall and pale but dark-haired. No, I don't see it as deserving of being left in Sweden.
I've noted before my weakness for names with certain striking sounds. A lesser case of that is girls' names ending in D.

[bonfireazalea]

My first thought when I hear Astrid is always Astrid Appels, my favourite equestrian photojournalist. She is a brunette from Belgium- I've attached a link of her picture. So no, I wouldn't find a non-Scandinavian Astrid weird or think it doesn't work. But if I heard of an Astrid I would probably assume she was tall and blond.

http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=astrid...9,r:1,s:0,i:76

[heimarmene]

Thank you all for your insights - you've given me a lot more courage to use it