Antonia

[Cassiehopes]

How do you pronounce Antonia?

• An-ton-yuh (with the second syllable having a short ‘o’ sound)
• An-Tony-uh
• An-toh-niya

Or some other way?

Do you like it?

Love it. As far as I know it's usually pronounced "An- TOE -knee -ah" or occasionally "An- TONE -ya" - both with the emphasis on the second syllable in the UK, although I like the European "An -toe -KNEE- ah" (with the emphasis on the third syllable) even better.

So elegant and classy looking/sounding to me, I'm not sure why it's relatively underused- and has it has lovely nn options too (other than more dated Toni), such as Anya, Nina or Nia.

Third one. Lovely name, I know one , she goes by Toni which I also like.

an-TOE-nee-uh

I like it but I don’t like Toni as a short form.. it probably will get shortened though, so you should try and impose something you like. I wouldn’t worry about it sounding too posh these days with Isabellas and Theodoras two a penny

This made me chuckle as a girl who was a bully in my neighbourhood growing up was called Antonia. She had a single mother and they struggled financially. She had very little and even as a child I knew why she was so angry and nasty. She was jealous if everything and so destroyed it all.

They were so, so far from posh though.

An TOE nia
&
Anto NEE ah

I’ve know people with it pronounced different.. I prefer the second

I know an Antonia. Really great girl. All the other kids call her Annie though.

I know an Antonia
She goes by 'Nia'

Third ine and lovely name. I've known 1 she used her full name.no nickname.

Second pronunciation. I love it and haven't heard it for years.

The second.

Never heard the first or second pronunciations. Don't like them either.

*never heard first or third

The second pronunciation and I wanted to use the name for my daughter but other half wasn't keen 😩

An-toe-nee-ah.

I know one in her early 30s and she’s only ever gone by Toni.

Ann-tone-ya

My mum’s name and she’s Spanish.