Urania
yoo-RAY-nee-ah
Greek
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Heavenly; Celestial; Muse of astronomy
- Origin
- Greek
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Urania does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Heavenly; Celestial; Muse of astronomy", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Urania.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Urania counts the stars with Abraham — each one named, promises innumerable, the heavenly muse who sees God's covenant written across the sky.
- Verses on this meaning
- Genesis 15:5
"And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be."
- Psalm 147:4
"He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names."
- Genesis 15:5