70%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Greek Mythology (Latinized) Scripts Ἀλκυόνη(Ancient Greek) Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Latinized form of Greek Ἀλκυόνη (see Alcyone), via the misspelled variant Ἁλκυόνη (Halkyone). The spelling variation was due to a false association with ἅλς (hals) meaning "salt, sea". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootalkyonVariantsAlcyone, Alkyone, HalkyoneOther Languages & CulturesAlcione(Portuguese) Categories animals, artists, birds, celestial, Greek mythology, Latinizations, nature, painters
