Laura

• Same eraCarmenLike Laura, it was given most in the 1960s.#389 · steady
• Same rhythmAnyaSame beat as Laura: two syllables, stress on the first, ending on a vowel sound, but it starts differently.#375 · rising
• ShorterBlaireOne syllable to Laura's two, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#384 · rising
• LongerAmariThree syllables to Laura's two: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#380 · steady
• RiskyClaraRhymes with Laura. Cute on a birth announcement, confusing across a playground.#63 · 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.