Shmuel

• Same eraLeifLike Shmuel, it was given most in the 2010s.#917 · steady
• Same rhythmAureliusSame beat as Shmuel: four syllables, stress on the second, ending on a consonant, but it starts differently.#991 · rising
• ShorterMakariThree syllables to Shmuel's four, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#917 · rising
• LongerEmilianoFive syllables to Shmuel's four: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#94 · rising
• RiskySamuelOne letter away from Shmuel. You'll call the wrong one for years.#18 · rising

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.