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I hate it, sorry. It sounds like "own" and rhymes with phony. I'd probably assume it was short for Oneida, so it also makes me think of utensils.

This message was edited 10/2/2015, 2:48 PM

Aren't oni like demonic creatures in Japanese folklore? That what I think of. It's hard for me to imagine it as a name.

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I think it could work equally well for either; it doesn't have a particular lean for me.

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Maybe Onisim, Algernon, or Leonid / Leonidas & Antonia, Ondina, or Honora?

I don't know that it leans at all. I could as easily see it on one as the other.

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For a girl:
Antonia
Apollonia
Alona
Antonella
Bellona
Bryony / Briony
Corona
Fiona
Joan
Leona
Petrona
Pomona
Simone
Winona

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For a boy:
Adonai
Antonio
Conan
Donatus
Jonah
Jonas
Kapono
Konani
Lonan
Malone !!
Monroe
Tyrone

This message was edited 10/2/2015, 11:51 AM

Short for Onesimus, or indeed Onesima. Oh say, can you hear the voice of Roy Orbison singing with a mild attack of sinusitis: Onee the lonee

I think of Oney Judge, so I say girl. I think it's cool. Nickname for Winona perhaps?

Like it.
Would assume it was a girl.

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If it were a nickname, I would guess something like Honora or Onora... possibly something like Antonella.

Could be a nn for

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Jonah
Mona
Ramona
Persephone
Joan

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I can think of more girls names it could be a nn for, though I think it's cute on a boy.

I think Onie could make a cute nickname. It sounds feminine to me. Also, it may be because of the similarity to yoni.

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Ondine
Iona
Ione
Oneida
Onora
Ona
Sidonie
Bellona
Fiona
Winona
Leonie