The most hilarious planet, Uranus, is named after the Greek god of the sky, Ouranos.  On this astronomy website, several astronomers discussed the pronunciation of the planet.  Dr. Pamela Gay notes, “The safest way, the way that’s least likely to get us made fun of by any small children is to say Uranus (UR-uh-nis), but there’s also the famous ur-ANUS way of saying it.”  I wonder how Dr. Gay pronounces her last name to avoid getting made fun of by the said small children.