Mercury was a Roman god.
Mercury is not named after a person per se, but rather a mythological figure. It is named after the Roman god of travel, messages, and thieves.
After the Roman mythological god Mercury
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It is named after the mythological god Apollo.
The planet named after the mythological Greek god who personified the sky is Uranus.
the planet Mercury is named after the god... Mercury!
The planet Neptune was named for the Roman god Neptune.
No god is named after it but they called it Cronus, Zeus's father.
Venus is named after the roman god of beauty.
Yes, the planet Mercury was named after the god Mercury. Mercury's other names are Thoth and Hermes (pronounced Her-meez).it wasn't named after a god it was named after a messenger when he found the planet in the sky so he named it mercury.
Mercury was named after Hermes, the Roman god of travel.