Antonia

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What are your opinions on this name? Do you think Annie would work for short?

Antonia is a stunning name. I think Annie would work just fine - they share the same first syllable after all. My first thought is Willa Cather's My Antonia. It's a top 10 name in Chile.

I like Annie but really don't like Antonia, I think it sounds too masculine.

Antonia is beautiful. The only downside is the shortening to Toni.

I dislike Toni too, Annie I think is cute for a baby. Obviously if she (possible girl in my tummy) wants to be Toni when she's older that is up to her but to us she would be Annie. And if she went by Annie all her life I guess people would be corrected buy her if they called her Toni and she didn't like it!

I love it.

Read My Antonia by Willa Cather and you will love it even more.

My sister is Antonia. Has never been shortened. Wondering if some of the comments up thread may be about her!

I am one! (Should probably namechange now?) I like it, for the record!

I agree about the awfulness of Toni. My mum used to call me it, I hated it, it took a really long time (30 years!) to get her to stop. Since I was about 18 I've gone by a shortened version she hates, but I don't expect her to use it and I wouldn't write it on her birthday card or anything!

BTW I had to choose a shortening because everyone, everyone feels the need to shorten it! I couldn't cope with all the different hideous nns!

Oh and Wanda I don't think I'm your sister, unless my sister's 'MN is a waste of time' line is a very clever act

Love Antonia, much more than all the nn's.

Do you have Italian connections in your family?

gorgeous name

Ugly IMHO sorry.

I ^hate^ feminised versions of men's names.

ie - Antonia, Bryoni, Roberta

Yuk.

But hey if you love it go for it! Lots of people probably can't stand my DCs names

Classic, elegant, timeless name. You don't have to be Italian to use it, any more than you need to be Greek to use Helen/a. It is mainstream enough.

Go for it!

No, no Italian connections.

I have read My Antonia and it is a lovely story.