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I love how your posts unearth these theatrical, camp names that would fit both a stern nun and an aging opera star. Annunziata tilts more towards the first category, but it's wonderfully dry and monumental it is, and I agree that it's jouissance-inducing (which, I must admit, was not a word I've heard before). Annie is a bit lackluster when compared to the statuesque Annunziata, and Zia is nice in theory, if pronounced ZEE-a, but as far as I'm aware, it's TSYA in Italian, which isn't as nice. I especially like Beatrice, Cosima, Livia, and Sibilla as middle names - they amplify the "learned mother matron" atmosphere Annunziata evokes in me.

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masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080