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[solagirl.livejournal.com]

What do you think of Halcyon as a name? Does it seem more male or female?

(Edit: Halcyon, a term that originates from the Greek myth of Alcyone, is used most often to mean golden or marked by peace and prosperity. I am not considering this as a name for my child, BTW.)

Comments

[anapology.livejournal.com]

1) How the hell do you pronounce it?
2) It sounds like an element.. Hydrogen, Helium, Halcyon..
3) It looks masculine, but would make a rubbish name.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Don't really like it, but i would say it's more male-sounding.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Hal-see-on.

[zorianna.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of the medication. Silly as a name.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

it seems kind of over the top.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Star Wars name.

I mean, I know it's real, but I'm a Star Wars geek. :D

So, male. Kieran Halcyon.

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

More male.
But I don't really like it.

[nobodyeverybody.livejournal.com]

Halcyon is a crisis house here in San Diego. I couldn't think about it as male or female, but rather... crazy.

[perfectcherry.livejournal.com]

It's a name fairly frequently used as a part of show animal names, so I wouldn't use it on a human.

However, I think Alcyone is a nice, feminine-sounding name, although I wouldn't want to use the nickname "Al."

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I think of it as male, but probably because a male friend of mine uses it as part of his AIM name.

Not sure it's a good idea for a child, mainly because it's hard to pronounce- most places on the internet don't even give the same pronunciation guide.

[littlehounddog.livejournal.com]

I don't know how to pronounce it. HAL-See-On?

[raptorgirl.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a superhero name!

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

makes me think of books and sounds more masculine to me.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Yup.