Mariano

• Same eraBlaineLike Mariano, it was given most in the 2000s.#991 · steady
• Same rhythmJedidiahSame beat as Mariano: four syllables, stress on the third, ending on a vowel sound, but it starts differently.#874 · steady
• ShorterEphraimThree syllables to Mariano's four, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#988 · steady
• RiskyEmilianoRhymes with Mariano. Cute on a birth announcement, confusing across a playground.#94 · 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.