Given name
Uranus
Uranus is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Albanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Uranus is associated with the father of the Titans.
Uranus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1969. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Uranus’s family of names
Uranus has a related form in Urainas. Uranus has a related form in Urainos. Uranus has a related form in Urainus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Uranus has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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