Adonis
a strikingly handsome man
Today this word meansA very handsome man.
From Adonis, the youth Aphrodite and Persephone fought to keep.
The pheasant's-eye, a spring flower that blooms and fades quickly, carries the genus name Adonis too — a nod to the story that flowers sprang from his blood.
Worth noting
The name itself is not Greek. It belongs to the Semitic adon family, meaning "lord" — a trace of West Asian religion crossing into Greece.