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I love it. It sounds sweet to me and I think it suits any women of any age and profession. I thought it means "rose"?

It’s not pleasant to the ear for me, and the fact that it may have started life just as a random collection of sounds turns me off.

Help me, Rhonda, help, help me, Rhonda ... help me, Rhonda, yeah, get her out of my heart.

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Not the world's best lyrics, but fine for singing in the shower. I can't say I'd ever use it; don't really dislike it and wouldn't mind meeting a real one; but it is rather out-there.

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Linda is a favourite of mine. I much prefer it to Lindsey and variants, though given enough daughters I'd probably use the more literary Lyndall instead.

I have an aunt named Rhonda, named that just before the name cracked the top 100 in the United States in the 1950s. I've always thought this name is one of those trend names that deeply reflects a particular moment but sounds woefully out of place in any other context. My aunt feels much the same about her name - she says that while she has grown used to it, she would shudder if she ever encountered it on someone who isn't at least middle-aged at this point.

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Linda is much the same. If anything, I think I prefer Rhonda to Linda only because I think I've known dozens of women named Linda, compared to only a few named Rhonda (and, of course, I like my aunt).

I don't like it, I prefer Rhoda or Rhiannon, and I really don't like Linda. But maybe those 70s names are coming back now? I'm not ready for them! ;)