Sibling for Athena

[Redcart21]

We don’t know the sex yet but looking for suggestions for both. DD1 is Athena and we want something which is in the same vein (no matchy names to mythology though as think it’s too much). DH and I have a mix of ancestory so name not limited to any cultures.
We want something fun, cool, easily pronounced. Doesn’t have to be a rare name, but we don’t want anything super popular like Emily, Ava etc.
My fave is Raphael so far, DH likes Sienna

Apollo, Hera, Sharon, Karl, Kara, Saul, Laura, Gaius?
The only Athena I know has a sister called Sophia.

Gabriel
Malachy
Malaika
Asia-pronounced asee-ah

How about Xaviera? Or Xavier for a boy.

Oh just realised you said easily pronounced - so maybe not!

Ophelia? Anya? I think Sienna is lovely too

Romanay for a girl and Beau for a boy

Seraphina would be nice with Athena if you don't mind them both ending similarly

Sienna was 24th most popular name last year, id say that classed it as super popular, although I do like it. There were 1713 Siennas in 2019 compared to 2262 named Emily. Athena was 204th most popular with 242.

Around the 200 mark we also find Skyla, Aurelia, Pearl, India, Etta, Clementine. Zoya is there too which means you’d have the A-Z.

For boys, Raphael is 176th most popular for 2019 with 299 Raphaels. It’s cool though!
Others around there, let’s see......
Rocco, River, Tristan, Flynn, Remy, Casper, Rafferty

Rowan - for either sex

Girls names:
Selene
Thalia
Pandora
Persephone
Portia
Luna
Ophelia
Juliet
Flora
Dorothea
Daphne
Cassandra
Celeste
Cordelia
Amalthea
Ariadne
Ariel
Astrid
Aurora

Boys names:
Raphael
Sylvester
Jason
Julius
Leo
Marcus
Maximus
Felix
Darcy
Artemis
Atticus

Girls
Jemima
Zelda
Willow

Boys
Henry
Rory
Hamish
Orlando

Good luck Op and by the way lovely choice of name for your dd! It might just be near me but I have noticed that there seems to have been quite a few Athena's being born over the last few years, it is a really beautiful name but look out world and primary school teachers in particular for all of those goddesses of war coming your way...

Imogen
Lydia
Verity

Hugo
Fraser
Reuben

Raphael is stunning

Hue

Rose

Rory

Aurora

Rosa

Rafe

Rex

Saffron

Sapphire

Seth

Simeon

Storm

Xander
Raymond
Benedict
Daniel
Michael
Jasper
Gregory
Jonathan

Julia
Francesca
Mirabelle
Georgia
Saffron
Rebecca
Imogen
Holly

Love Athena!

I think it would sound nice with a natural world name.

Rowan
Holly
Willow

Don't choose sienna if you have Athena and don't want to choose a popular name!

Thanks everyone. I like Willow a lot.
@Porridgeoat how do you pronounce Rafe? Ra-fee? If so, that is a cute name I like it. I love Felix but DH veto’d it.

I know I said no popular names but I do really like Sophie too! But don’t know if it was a girl that she would feel her name wasn’t a goddess/as fun like her sisters! The problem with choosing a name like Athena I suppose

Octavia for a boy

Athena is lovely! Not a fan of Sienna but love Raphael.

How about:

Clementine
Cleo
Calliope
Claudia
Cosima
Cecilia
Danae
Hermione
Isolde
Leanora
Marina
Marianna
Octavia
Olympia
Paloma
Thalia
Valentina
Vivienne
Vita
Zinnia

Cosmo
Caspar
Christian
Gabriel
Florian
Inigo
Lawrence
Leopold
Matteo
Soren
Pedro
Rocco
Rudolph
Victor
Xavier

To fit with Athena I'd look outside the Top 100 but keep the multi-syllable, European feel (but not necessarily Greek or mythological).
So I think Raphael works well, or something like Xavier, Mathias, Lucian, Elias, Cassius/Caspian or Maximilian?

I'm not keen on Sienna (seems a bit modern/trendy to me compared to Athena). Maybe something like Claudia, Cecilia/Celia, Milena, Nerissa, Genevieve, Juliet?