Alcyone name - Meaning of Alcyone

Alcyone name - Meaning of Alcyone

Gender

Feminine

Lucky Number

3

Usage

Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Pronounced

al-SIE-ə-nee (English)

Alcyone Meaning

Latinized form of Greek Αλκυονη (Alkyone) , derived from the word αλκυων (alkyon) or ‘αλκυων (halkyon) meaning "kingfisher". In Greek myth this name belonged to a daughter of Aeolus and the wife of Ceyx. After her husband was killed in a shipwreck she threw herself into the water, but the gods saved her and turned them both into kingfishers. This is also the name of the brightest of the Pleiades, the seven stars in the constellation Taurus.

Alcyone Related Names
Variants: Alkyone, Halcyone, Halkyone