The names are heavily influenced by Roman Greek and Norse gods but plenty of names should fit other cultures as well.

God names for planets. An Enlil Enki Ninhursag Nanna Utu and Inanna. Venus was named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. The tradition of naming the planets after Greek and Roman gods and goddesses was carried on for the other planets discovered as well.

Saturn the solar systems second-largest planet takes 29 Earth years to make a full revolution of the Sun and is named for the god of agriculture. Roman God of Farming. I call Uranus a modern planet because being unseen by the naked eye this planet was unknown to the ancients.

This planet is named after the creator of the sky God Uranus or Ouranos which means sky in the Greek language. Ninurta an obscure god inherited by the Babylonians may have been identified with Saturn the slowest moving visible planet because at least in one story he was identified with the turtle. In Sumerian religion the most powerful and important deities in the pantheon were the seven gods who decree.

He was the father of Cronus and the Titans as well as of the Cyclopes. Sumerian astronomers named the sun moon and five visible planets Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn after their great gods. This name generator will give you 10 names fit for most gods and deities in many fantasy stories.

The ancient Egyptian Sanskrit and Chinese names for the planets are unrelated to the Sumerian. Jupiter Saturn Mars Venus and Mercury were given their names thousands of years ago. All of the planets except for Earth were named after Roman gods and goddesses.

Mars was the Roman god of War. The name Uranus is a reference to the Greek god of the sky Uranus. Mercury was named after the Roman god of travel.