Vanessa

• Same eraNicoleLike Vanessa, it was given most in the 1980s.#382 · falling
• Same rhythmMalaniSame beat as Vanessa: three syllables, stress on the second, ending on a vowel sound, but it starts differently.#374 · rising
• ShorterAstridTwo syllables to Vanessa's three, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#376 · steady
• LongerEsmeraldaFour syllables to Vanessa's three: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#373 · steady
• RiskyTessaRhymes with Vanessa. Cute on a birth announcement, confusing across a playground.#311 · 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.