Gender Feminine
Scripts Ἀλκυόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. al-SIE-ə-nee(English)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Latinized form of Greek Ἀλκυόνη (Alkyone), derived from the word ἀλκυών (alkyon) 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, a group of stars in the constellation Taurus, supposedly the daughters of Atlas and Pleione.

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Entry updated April 5, 2022