It so happens tha Uranus is his Roman name.
The planet Uranus was named for a Greek god. Uranus was the oldest of the Greek gods.
uranus was named after the greek titan, uranus
It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus the father of Kronos (Saturn) and grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter). See link for more information
Uranus was the Roman god of the sky. (Rome, unlike Greece, had a chief god and a god of the sky)(edit) The Roman god of the sky is Jupiter... Uranus is named after the Greek god of the sky.Source= High school history andhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UranusIt is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus (Greek Mythology).Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
Uranus is actually a Greek god, not a Roman one. In Roman mythology, Uranus is equivalent to the god Caelus. Uranus was the primordial god of the sky in Greek mythology, the father of the Titans, and the grandfather of Zeus.
Uranus was named after the Roman god of the Sky. Uranus was the father of Saturn in Roman mythology, and Cronos in Greek mythology. Uranus and Cronos were considered titans in Greek mythology, while the Romans considered Uranus and Saturn gods.
Uranus, after Ouranous Uranus is also the name of a Greek god, the god of the sky.
Uranus is the Greek god of the sky. Uranus is also the only planet named after a Greek deity (excluding Earth), all the others are Roman
Uranus is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus, the father of Cronus (Saturn) and grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter).
Uranus was named after the Roman (or possibly Greek) god of the sky, Uranus. It is pronounced yer-uh-nis
there is only one planet not named after roman deities: Earth
Uranus was the Greek god of the sky. The Roman equivalent was called Caelus.