Ourania as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ourania

What is the meaning of the name Ourania ?

The baby name Ourania is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /u.raˈni.a/ (oo-rah-NEE-ah).

Ourania is Greek in Origin.

Ourania (Greek Ουρανία, Ouranía) is a feminine name meaning “heavenly” or “of the sky,” from Greek ouranos “heaven, sky.” In Greek myth, Ourania - better known in the Latinized form Urania - is one of the Nine Muses, patroness of astronomy and celestial contemplation; the epithet also marks Aphrodite Ourania, the “heavenly” aspect of the goddess. The name therefore evokes the cosmos, inspiration, and elevated beauty.

As a given name it has continuous use in Greece from antiquity through the Byzantine era to the present, while remaining uncommon in other languages. The form Urania spread in Renaissance and Neoclassical Europe through scholarship and the arts, leaving its imprint on observatories, salons, and literary works. Modern variants include Ourania (standard Modern Greek), Urania (English/Latin), and Urânia (Portuguese). Common Greek short forms are Rania and Nia. The meaning consistently points to the heavens, making Ourania a choice with luminous, star‑touched resonance.