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I don't much enjoy lion names for male or female use - Lionel is the worst, but Leonard isn't good either, and I could just about live with Leo but there'd have to be very good reasons. And Leonora looks as if it falls into that category, even if it doesn't. I love Eleanor and Elinor, but Leonora ... nope.

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So, Antonia! I prefer it to Antoinette, and I prefer its rhythm to the rhythm of Leonora. I'm not keen on Tony or Toni, so I'd think twice about using any name that might turn into one of them IRL. But Antonia would make a stylish mn.