Marianne

• Same eraNancyLike Marianne, it was given most in the 1950s.#965 · steady
• Same rhythmVioletteSame beat as Marianne: three syllables, stress on the third, ending on a consonant, but it starts differently.#893 · steady
• ShorterHenleyTwo syllables to Marianne's three, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#1,000 · falling
• LongerAkiraFour syllables to Marianne's three: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#983 · steady
• RiskyAnneRhymes with Marianne. Cute on a birth announcement, confusing across a playground.#619 · steady

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.