It was in the tradition of ancient people to name the stars and planets after their gods and goddesses; the Roman Empire lasted the longest and was the most well remembered and modern people have continued naming planets, moons, and stars after ancient deities.
As to why Pluto/Hades specifically... Pluto is a cold, dreary place, and in Greco-Roman mythology the underworld was similarly cold and gloomy. Also, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto were regarded by the Romans as a bit of a troika; Zeus ruled the air, Neptune the sea, and Pluto the Earth (as in the underground part of it). Pluto was therefore one of the most prominent/prestigious Roman gods not to already have a planet or other celestial object named for him.
Pluto (Greek: Πλούτων, Ploutōn) was the ruler of the underworld in classical mythology.
The name Pluto was proposed by Venetia Burney (1918-2009), then an eleven-year-old schoolgirl in Oxford, England. Burney was interested in classical mythologyas well as astronomy, and considered the name, a name for the god of the underworld, appropriate for such a presumably dark and cold world. She suggested it in a conversation with her grandfather Falconer Madan, a former librarian at the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library. Madan passed the name to Professor Herbert Hall Turner, who then cabled it to colleagues in the United States.
The object was officially named on March 24, 1930. Each member of the Lowell Observatory was allowed to vote on a short-list of three: Minerva (which was already the name for an asteroid), Cronus (which had lost reputation through being proposed by the unpopular astronomer Thomas Jefferson Jackson See), and Pluto. Pluto received every vote. The name was announced on May 1, 1930. Upon the announcement, Madan gave Venetia five pounds (£5) (£234 as of 2012),] as a reward.
Venetia named it when she was a young girl. When interviewed about it she said, "I just thought it was a name that hadn't been used so far, and might be an obvious one to have."
Because Uranium was named after Uranus so they decided to name Neptunium after the next planet -Neptune and so Plutonium was the next obvious choice for element 94.
The name Pluto was proposed by Venetia Burney (1918-2009), an eleven-year-old schoolgirl in Oxford, England.
Pluto is the Roman name for the Greek God Hades. Pluto means 'Rich One'. Hades is not only the God of the dead and the Lord of the Underworld. But he is also the God of riches and wealth.
it was named after a god named Pluto
The dwarf planet, Pluto, was named for the Greek God of the underworld.
All of the other planets were named after Roman gods. Venetia Phair came up with the idea because she thought that this planet should follow suit.
Plutonium
Actually Walt Disney created a cartoon dog character named Pluto to the Mickey Mouse cartoon series in the former planet's honor after the planet was discovered.The name Pluto was proposed by a 11 year old little girl named Vernetia Burney from Oxford, England. The name was derived from "Pluto" the god of the underworld in classic mythology.
The formal designation of Pluto now includes a numerical prefix, but it has received little use. It is "134340 Pluto".
Named for Pluto, ancient god of the underworld.
The dwarf planet, Pluto, was named for the Greek God of the underworld.
Mickey Mouse had a dog named Pluto.
Pluto is the Roman equivalent of Hades, and was created afterwards. Pluto the planet, was named after Pluto the Roman god. Not hades the Greek god.
the Roman god of death Pluto
All of the other planets were named after Roman gods. Venetia Phair came up with the idea because she thought that this planet should follow suit.
Pluto is named after the roman name for the greek god Hades.
Pluto got named by Percival Lowell
Pluto. Is Pluto a planet these days?
Pluto is the Roman version of Hades
Probably Plutonium but I do not think it is named after Pluto.
Because he had a dog as a child named Pluto.