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Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cloud Cuckoo Land
A nonexistent place of perfection, a utopia. This phrase comes from The Birds by the Greek dramatist Aristophanes, in which the birds decide to build a perfect city called Cloud Cuckoo City. Over the years “City” became “Land.”
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Cainan | | KAY-nən (English), kay-IE-nən (English) | Biblical, Biblical Latin |
| Brooks | | [bru:ks] | |
| Germano | | - | Italian, Portuguese |
| Alba | | ['ælbə] | |
| Polycarp | | PAHL-ee-kahrp (English) | Ancient Greek (Anglicized) |
| Georgine | | zhor-ZHEEN | French |