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Here in Romania we've always called it Cehia, which sounds a lot like Czechia, so it feels more natural now.

I lived here before and after the official name change. Everyone I know still calls it "Czech Republic" - "Czechia" feels weird and unnatural to me.

Additionally it sounds quite close to "Čechy" - what in English we call "Bohemia" - which refers only to the western half of the country (see [1]). So it reminds me a little bit of when people call the UK "England" - so as a Scot living in Moravia I sympathise a little with some locals who feel a bit irked by it :-)

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic#/media/File:Cze...

I read recently that one of the leaders of .cz likes the name and one of the leaders hates it.

I'm not a fan because to me it's too similar to Chechnya. In fact, that's what I thought the parent poster was talking about until your comment was posted.