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I can't even imagine it for a girl, it's totally masculine to me. Because my first experience with it as a name (or even a word at all, because I was like 8) is from the character in Final Fantasy III(/VI). I remember learning about light in 5th grade and that cyan was a color and I was like, ohhhhh. So anyway, I like it for a boy. It's pronounced like sy-ANNE, never heard it said any other way.

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Here's the character I'm talking about so you can see the picture I have in my head from it: (pictures I could find were giant, so here's just a wiki link)
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Cyan_Garamonde

This message was edited 3/31/2012, 3:56 AM

I think that it is better for a girl.

I don't mind Cyan, but would never use it myself. I think it's fine for either gender. I say sy-ANNE.

I don't like Cyan as a name. Although it does look like the Irish name Cian, which is more usable (though Cian has a differnet pronounciation).

I love it! I really ADORE the nn Cy though so that might have something to do with it, plus I love color names :) I pronounce it with stress on both syllable - "sy-ann" - I'm not sure if that's correct but there's a Sian in my town who pronounced his name the same way so I'm just accustomed to that

Does he have a sister named Magenta?

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It makes me think of printing, to be honest. I wouldn't say it's too feminine, however, though I wouldn't consider that a problem. Nevertheless, I'm not a big fan.

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I use the last pronunciation ... [saɪæn].

This message was edited 3/30/2012, 5:18 PM