Planet Name Generator

The planets of our solar system have iconic names, but do you know their origins? All of them are taken from the names of gods and goddesses in ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Get to know these powerful deities!

• Mercury : Mercury is the ancient Roman god of commerce, travel, trickery, and merchants. He can travel back and forth between the realms of the living and the dead, and serves as the guide for spirits to the underworld. ^[1] Mercury’s Greek equivalent is Hermes. ^[2]
• Mars : Mars is the ancient Roman god of war. He is the father of Rome’s mythical founders Romulus and Remus and lover of Venus, the goddess of love. Mars’s Greek equivalent is Ares. ^[3]
• Venus : Venus is the ancient Roman god of love. She is most famously depicted emerging from the ocean on a clam shell in the painting “The Birth of Venus” by Botticelli. ^[4] In mythology, Venus is the ancestor of Aeneas, a key character in the origins of Rome. Venus’s Greek equivalent is Aphrodite. ^[5]
• Jupiter : Jupiter is the ancient Roman god of sky and thunder, and king of the gods. He is husband to Juno and fathered many important ancient Roman deities such as Mars and Minerva. Jupiter’s Greek equivalent is Zeus. ^[6]
• Saturn : Saturn is the ancient Roman god of time, wealth, and agriculture. He is the father of a number of key Roman deities including Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, and Juno. Saturn’s Greek equivalent is the Titan Cronus. ^[7]
• Uranus : Uranus is an ancient Greek titan and the personification of the sky. Uranus is the father of the first Titans, including Cronus, Zeus’s father. ^[8]
• Neptune : Neptune is the ancient Roman god of the sea. He rules the waters while his brothers Jupiter and Pluto rule over the skies and the underworld, respectively. Neptune’s Greek equivalent is Poseidon. ^[9]
• Pluto : Pluto is the ancient Roman god of the underworld. He is husband to Persephone, and the two rule over spirits of the dead in the afterlife. Pluto’s Greek equivalent is Hades. ^[10]
  
  

Now that you have some backstory for the legends behind the names, get creative with some planet names of your own with our Planet Name Generator above!