These objects were five bright planets as well as the Sun and Moon.

Ancient names for mars. The Romans who glorified war and considered him a mighty warrior. Marijan Marijana Marijo Marin Marina Marinela Marinka Marinko Mario Marjan Marjana Marko Martin Martina Tin Tina. Cool names for boys from neglected ancient name cultures include Osiris Egyptian Zenebe Amharic and Polo Tibetan.

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. 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. Ancient Greeks named the fourth planet from the sun after their god of war Ares.

The Hebrew name for this planet is clean of pagan influence. In truth the Romans copied the ancient Greeks who also named the. Whether the Greeks equated Nergal with their god of war Ares or whether both drew from a more ancient association is.

It will be argued that many of the greatest mythical themes reflect ancient mans obsession with the red planet. Names for Mars in various languages. The name Mars stems from the ancient Romans who had identified seven bright objects in the sky.

We predict that Caius Ramses Rhodes and Zephyr will be among the next wave of ancient boy names to catch on. Other civilizations also named the planet for this attribute. BRIGHID pronounced breed Irish goddess of fertility and creativity martial arts and healing.

Additionally ancient Greek astronomers including Aristotle were studying Mars by the fourth century BCE. God lists associate him with Simut an Elamite god viewed as a personification of Mars in Mesopotamia rather than Shamash. Al-Qahira - Arabic Indonesian Malay.