Quick answer
Alcyone is a girl name with Latinized roots meaning "kingfisher".
Pronunciation: English /æl.ˈsaɪ.ə.ˌni/.
Meaning and 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.
Notes and context
Usage: greek mythology | Ancient Greek: Ἀλκυόνη