Alcyone

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Alcyone is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Brazil. In Portuguese, recorded as Alcyone (one of the Pleiades).

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil
  • FRFrance
  • CACanada

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Alcyone is read(measured from records)

Alcyone is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Portuguese42%

    Alcyone (one of the Pleiades)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • English40%

    One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    wife of Ceyx; star in Pleiades

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • French10%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Alcyone in French.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.

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Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Alcyone under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Alcyone mean?
In Portuguese, Alcyone (one of the Pleiades)
Where does the name Alcyone come from?
One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Alcyone a male or female name?
Alcyone is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Alcyone have the most bearers?
Alcyone is most frequently recorded in Brazil.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alcyone”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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