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It's beautiful but as cold as a white roman statue. It intimidates me and I cannot get warm by its fire because I do not detect its fire

It's nice, nn Tonia or Toni

I quite like Antonia - the full name, that is. The one thing putting me off is the seeming inevitability of the nickname Toni.

It's effortlessly elegant and stately but accessible.

I think it feels similar in style to Victoria but more down-to-earth with better NNs.

It's a very beautiful name.

Antonia sounds really graceful and delicate to me. I don’t know if this makes sense, but it also sounds kind of tragic, like it would be the name of a beautiful but doomed character in a play.

I like it very much as a mn. As a fn, it would be wonderful if it came with a guarantee that it would never turn into Toni. It is sleeker and more elegant than Antoinette.

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On the boy side, I would consider using Anton.

Of all the names in the Anthony-family, Antonia is my favourite. It's an unusual name for me, I have actually never seen it in the wild on a real person. I think it's terrifically grand.