Hedy

• Same eraBarbaraLike Hedy, it was given most in the 1940s.#968 · steady
• Same rhythmZoyaSame beat as Hedy: two syllables, stress on the first, ending on a vowel sound, but it starts differently.#1,000 · steady
• ShorterScoutOne syllable to Hedy's two, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#995 · steady
• LongerHarmoniThree syllables to Hedy's two: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#1,000 · falling
• RiskyKennediRhymes with Hedy. Cute on a birth announcement, confusing across a playground.#707 · falling

Suggestions come from names in this year's top 1,000. Rhythm and rhyme are judged from each name's pronunciation (Wiktionary's, or espeak's reading of the spelling), so a few calls may be off.