Comments for the name Halcyon

Comments for HALCYON:

Isn't this the state you're in when you have taken a sleeping pill? The name is quite weird.

-- slight night shiver  4/23/2008

Weird but cool. It'd work as a band name though.

-- Aureliano  5/31/2010

From Latin Alcyone, daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx. When her husband died in a shipwreck, Alcyone threw herself into the sea whereupon the gods transformed them both into Halcyon birds (kingfishers). When Alcyone made her nest on the beach, waves threatened to destroy it. Aeolus restrained his winds and made the waves be calm during seven days in each year, so she could lay her eggs. These became known as the "Halcyon Days", when storms never occur.

-- persephone1313  11/13/2010

When used as an adjective in the English language, means "Calm and peaceful; tranquil" or "Prosperous; golden".

-- ccourtneyw  10/15/2011

Spelled Halcion, it's a well-known sleeping pill used to treat severe insomnia.

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer used Halcion or a generic version to drug his victims.

-- humblebee  12/26/2011

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