The Egyptians named it Her Desher meaning the red one and ancient Chinese astronomers called it the fire star Future Geeks of the Mars One mission may lovingly refer to it as Home.

Ancient names for mars. Mars the God of War Greek and Roman mythology tells of the god of war the son of Zeus and Hera who was despised by his parents. Whether the Greeks equated Nergal with their god of war Ares or whether both drew from a more ancient association is. For example the planet Mars is named after the Roman god of war MarsIn Babylonian astronomy the planet was named after Nergal their deity of fire war and destruction most likely due to the planets reddish appearance.

For example the Egyptians called it Her Desher meaning the red one. Al-Qahira - Arabic Indonesian Malay Ares - Greek Auqakuh - Quechua Inca Bahram - Persian Harmakhis - Ancient Egyptian Her Desher - Egyptian Hrad - Armenian Huo Hsing - Chinese Kasei - Japanese Labou - French Maadim - Hebrew Maja - Nepali Mamers - Oscan Mangala - Sanskrit Marte - Spanish Mawrth - Welsh Nirgal - Babylonian. BRANWEN Irish Celtic goddess of love beauty sexuality and the sea.

The Greeks called him Ares and the Romans called him Mars. The Hebrew name for this planet is clean of pagan influence. Other civilizations also named the planet for this attribute.

BELISAMA A Celtic goddess of light and fire. We predict that Caius Ramses Rhodes and Zephyr will be among the next wave of ancient boy names to catch on. The name Mars stems from the ancient Romans who had identified seven bright objects in the sky.

In truth the Romans copied the ancient Greeks who also named the. This planet was called Kokab Okbol Okbol Planet but the traditional term has been changed completely to Maadim Reddener The latter is religiously neutral and astronomically correct Mars indeed being the Red Planet. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.

Maadim is called after its color red Adom. Marijan Marijana Marijo Marin Marina Marinela Marinka Marinko Mario Marjan Marjana Marko Martin Martina Tin Tina. Marcel Marcela Marek Marián Marian Marina.