What does Alcyone mean?
How do we pronounce Alcyone?
Alcyone \al-cyo-ne, alc-y-one\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 2 syllables.
The baby girl name Alcyone is pronounced in English as aeLSAYahNiy 1.
1 Pronunciation for Alcyone: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
What is the origin of Alcyone?
Alcyone is used mostly in English and French, and its language of origin is Old Greek. The name is Latinized from Alkyone (Greek), which is itself from the element 'alkyon' or 'halkyon'; the 'h' was added by association in mythology with the element 'hals' (sea). meaning of Halcyon birds are a genus of tree kingfishers; thus the name means 'kingfisher'. In Greek mythology, Alcyone was the daughter of Aeolus; her mother could be Aegiale or Enarete. She married Ceyx, who was later killed by Zeus at sea. In her grief, she threw herself into the sea, and the sympathetic gods carried her to Ceyx and turned the couple into halcyon birds. Alcyone can also be the name of the brightest star in the Pleiades star cluster of the constellation Taurus. Alcyone is a derivative (English and French) of the English name Halcyon meaning. The names Alcieone pronounciation and Alcione name popularity are derivatives of Alcyone.
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The baby name Alcyone fun facts:
The name Alcyone in reverse order is "Enoycla".
The numerological value of the name Alcyone is number 3, which means expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts, the joy of living.
How popular is Alcyone?
Alcyone is not in the top girl names in USA.