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Origin of Name of all the elements in the Periodic Table

Refer to table and property element trend below for Origin of Name of all the elements in the periodic table. We have shown the list of elements Origin of Name of the elements for which reliable data is available.

Origin of Name Chart - Origin of Name of the elements in table chart format

This Origin of Name table gives the Origin of Name of all the elements of periodic table . Click on 'Element Atomic Number', 'Element Symbol', 'Element Name' and 'Element Origin of Name' headers to sort.

Element Atomic NumberElement SymbolElement NameElement Origin of Name
1HHydrogenfrom the Greek elements hydro- and -gen meaning 'water-forming'
2HeHeliumfrom the Greek word helios, meaning 'sun'
3LiLithiumthe Greek word lithos, meaning 'stone'
4BeBerylliumfrom beryl, a mineral
5BBoronfrom borax, a mineral
6CCarbonthe Latin word carbo, meaning 'coal'
7NNitrogenfrom the Greek word nitron and '-gen' meaning 'niter-forming'
8OOxygenfrom the Greek word oxy-, both 'sharp' and 'acid', and -gen, meaning 'acid-forming'
9FFluorinefrom the Latin fluere, meaning 'to flow'
10NeNeonfrom the Greek neos, meaning 'new'
11NaSodiumfrom the English word soda (natrium in Latin)
12MgMagnesiumfrom Magnesia, a district of Eastern Thessaly in Greece
13AlAluminiumfrom alumina, a compound (originally aluminum)
14SiSiliconfrom the Latin silex, 'flint' (originally silicium)
15PPhosphorusfrom the Greek word phoosphoros, 'carrying light'
16SSulfurfrom the Latin word sulphur, 'fire and brimstone'
17ClChlorinefrom the Greek word chloros, meaning 'greenish yellow'
18ArArgonfrom the Greek word argos, meaning 'idle'
19KPotassiumfrom New Latin potassa, 'potash' (kalium in Latin)
20CaCalciumfrom the Latin calx, meaning 'lime'
21ScScandiumfrom Scandia, the Latin name for Scandinavia
22TiTitaniumfrom Titans, the sons of the Earth goddess of Greek mythology
23VVanadiumfrom Vanadis, an Old Norse name for the Scandinavian goddess Freyja
24CrChromiumfrom the Greek word chroma, meaning 'color'
25MnManganesefrom magnesia negra
26FeIronfrom English word (ferrum in Latin)
27CoCobaltfrom the German word Kobold, meaning 'goblin'
28NiNickelfrom Swedish kopparnickel, containing the German word Nickel, 'goblin'
29CuCopperfrom English word (Latin cuprum)
30ZnZincfrom the German word Zink
31GaGalliumfrom Gallia, the Latin name for France
32GeGermaniumfrom Germania, the Latin name for Germany
33AsArsenicEnglish word (Latin arsenicum)
34SeSeleniumfrom the Greek selene, meaning 'moon'
35BrBrominefrom the Greek bromos, meaning 'stench'
36KrKryptonfrom the Greek kryptos, meaning 'hidden'
37RbRubidiumfrom the Latin rubidus, meaning 'deep red'
38SrStrontiumfrom Strontian, a small town in Scotland
39YYttriumfrom Ytterby, Sweden
40ZrZirconiumfrom Persian Zargun, 'gold-colored'; German Zirkoon, 'jargoon'
41NbNiobiumfrom Niobe, daughter of king Tantalus from Greek mythology
42MoMolybdenumfrom the Greek word molybdos meaning 'lead'
43TcTechnetiumfrom the Greek tekhnètos meaning 'artificial'
44RuRutheniumfrom Ruthenia, the New Latin name for Russia
45RhRhodiumfrom the Greek rhodos, meaning 'rose coloured'
46PdPalladium
47AgSilverfrom English word (argentum in Latin)
48CdCadmiumfrom the New Latin cadmia, from King Kadmos
49InIndiumfrom indigo
50SnTinfrom English word (stannum in Latin)
51SbAntimonyfrom the Greek anti, 'against', and monos, 'alone' (stibium in Latin)
52TeTelluriumfrom Latin tellus, meaning 'earth'
53IIodinefrom French iode (after the Greek ioeides, 'violet')
54XeXenonfrom the Greek xenos, meaning 'strange'
55CsCesiumfrom the Latin caesius, meaning 'sky blue'
56BaBariumfrom the Greek barys, meaning 'heavy'
57LaLanthanumfrom the Greek lanthanein, meaning 'to lie hidden'
58CeCerium
59PrPraseodymiumfrom the Greek praseios didymos meaning 'green twin'
60NdNeodymiumfrom the Greek neos didymos meaning 'new twin'
61PmPromethiumfrom Prometheus of Greek mythology who stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humans
62SmSamariumfrom Samarskite, the name of the mineral from which it was first isolated
63EuEuropiumfrom Europe
64GdGadoliniumfrom Johan Gadolin, chemist, physicist and mineralogist
65TbTerbiumfrom Ytterby, Sweden
66DyDysprosiumfrom the Greek dysprositos, meaning 'hard to get'
67HoHolmiumfrom Holmia, the New Latin name for Stockholm
68ErErbiumfrom Ytterby, Sweden
69TmThuliumfrom Thule, the ancient name for Scandinavia
70YbYtterbiumfrom Ytterby, Sweden
71LuLutetiumfrom Lutetia, the Latin name for Paris
72HfHafniumfrom Hafnia, the New Latin name for Copenhagen
73TaTantalumfrom King Tantalus, father of Niobe from Greek mythology
74WTungstenfrom the Swedish tung sten, 'heavy stone' (W is wolfram, the old name of the tungsten mineral wolframite)
75ReRheniumfrom Rhenus, the Latin name for the river Rhine
76OsOsmiumfrom the Greek osmè, meaning 'smell'
77IrIridiumfrom Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow
78PtPlatinumfrom the Spanish platina, meaning 'little silver'
79AuGoldfrom English word (aurum in Latin)
80HgMercuryfrom the New Latin name mercurius, named after the Roman god (Hg from former name hydrargyrum, from Greek hydr-, 'water', and argyros, 'silver')
81TlThalliumfrom the Greek thallos, 'green twig'
82PbLeadfrom English word (plumbum in Latin)
83BiBismuthfrom German word, now obsolete
84PoPoloniumfrom Named after the home country of Marie Curie(Poland), who is also the discoverer of Radium
85AtAstatinefrom the Greek astatos, 'unstable'
86RnRadonFrom radium, as it was first detected as an emission from radium during radioactive decay
87FrFranciumfrom Francia, the New Latin name for France
88RaRadiumfrom the Latin radius, 'ray'
89AcActiniumfrom the Greek aktis, 'ray'
90ThThoriumfrom Thor, the Scandinavian god of thunder
91PaProtactiniumfrom the Greek protos, 'first', and actinium, which is produced through the radioactive decay of protactinium
92UUraniumfrom Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System
93NpNeptuniumfrom Neptune, the eighth planet in the Solar System
94PuPlutoniumfrom Pluto, a dwarf planet in the Solar System (then considered the ninth planet)
95AmAmericiumfrom The Americas, as the element was first synthesized on the continent, by analogy with europium
96CmCuriumfrom Pierre Curie, a physicist, and Marie Curie, a physicist and chemist, named after great scientists by analogy with gadolinium
97BkBerkeliumfrom Berkeley, California, where the element was first synthesized, by analogy with terbium
98CfCaliforniumfrom California, where the element was first synthesized
99EsEinsteiniumfrom Albert Einstein, physicist
100FmFermiumfrom Enrico Fermi, physicist
101MdMendeleviumfrom Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist and inventor
102NoNobeliumfrom Alfred Nobel, chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer
103LrLawrenciumfrom Ernest O. Lawrence, physicist
104RfRutherfordiumfrom Ernest Rutherford, chemist and physicist
105DbDubniumfrom Dubna, Russia
106SgSeaborgiumfrom Glenn T. Seaborg, scientist
107BhBohriumfrom Niels Bohr, physicist
108HsHassiumfrom Hesse, Germany, where the element was first synthesized
109MtMeitneriumfrom Lise Meitner, physicist
110DsDarmstadtiumfrom Darmstadt, Germany, where the element was first synthesized
111RgRoentgeniumfrom Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, physicist
112CnCoperniciumfrom Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer
113NhNihoniumfrom the Japanese name for Japan, Nihon, where the element was first synthesized
114FlFleroviumfrom Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, part of JINR where the element was synthesized; itself named for Georgy Flyorov, physicist
115McMoscoviumfrom Moscow Oblast, Russia, where the element was first synthesized
116LvLivermoriumfrom Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (in Livermore, California) which collaborated with JINR on its synthesis
117TsTennessinefrom Tennessee, United States
118OgOganessonfrom Yuri Oganessian, physicist

Periodic Table of Elements with Origin of Name Trends

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Property Trends for Origin of Name of the elements in the periodic table

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1
H
Hydrogen
1.008

Atomic #

Electronic Shell #

Symbol
Name
Atomic Weight
HGas
HgLiquid
CSolid
Metals
Metalloids
NonMetals
Alkali metals
Alkali earth metals
Lanthanoids
Transition metals
Post-transition metals
Other nonmetals
Halogens
Nobel gas
Actinoids
2
He
Helium
4.003
2
3
Li
Lithium
6.941
4
Be
Beryllium
9.012
5
B
Boron
10.811
6
C
Carbon
12.011
7
N
Nitrogen
14.007
8
O
Oxygen
15.999
9
F
Fluorine
18.998
10
Ne
Neon
20.180
3
11
Na
Sodium
22.990
12
Mg
Magnesium
24.305
13
Al
Aluminium
26.982
14
Si
Silicon
28.085
15
P
Phosphorus
30.974
16
S
Sulfur
32.065
17
Cl
Chlorine
35.453
18
Ar
Argon
39.948
4
19
K
Potassium
39.098
20
Ca
Calcium
40.078
21
Sc
Scandium
44.956
22
Ti
Titanium
47.867
23
V
Vanadium
50.941
24
Cr
Chromium
51.996
25
Mn
Manganese
54.938
26
Fe
Iron
55.845
27
Co
Cobalt
58.933
28
Ni
Nickel
58.693
29
Cu
Copper
63.546
30
Zn
Zinc
65.409
31
Ga
Gallium
69.723
32
Ge
Germanium
72.640
33
As
Arsenic
74.922
34
Se
Selenium
78.960
35
Br
Bromine
79.904
36
Kr
Krypton
83.798
5
37
Rb
Rubidium
85.468
38
Sr
Strontium
87.620
39
Y
Yttrium
88.906
40
Zr
Zirconium
91.224
41
Nb
Niobium
92.906
42
Mo
Molybdenum
95.940
43
Tc
Technetium
98
44
Ru
Ruthenium
101.070
45
Rh
Rhodium
102.906
46
Pd
Palladium
106.420
47
Ag
Silver
107.868
48
Cd
Cadmium
112.411
49
In
Indium
114.818
50
Sn
Tin
118.710
51
Sb
Antimony
121.760
52
Te
Tellurium
127.600
53
I
Iodine
126.904
54
Xe
Xenon
131.293
6
55
Cs
Cesium
132.905
56
Ba
Barium
137.327
57 - 71
La - Lu
Lanthanides
72
Hf
Hafnium
178.490
73
Ta
Tantalum
180.948
74
W
Tungsten
183.840
75
Re
Rhenium
186.207
76
Os
Osmium
190.230
77
Ir
Iridium
192.217
78
Pt
Platinum
195.078
79
Au
Gold
196.967
80
Hg
Mercury
200.590
81
Tl
Thallium
204.383
82
Pb
Lead
207.200
83
Bi
Bismuth
208.980
84
Po
Polonium
209
85
At
Astatine
210
86
Rn
Radon
222
7
87
Fr
Francium
223
88
Ra
Radium
226
89 - 103
Ac - Lr
Actinides
104
Rf
Rutherfordium
261
105
Db
Dubnium
262
106
Sg
Seaborgium
266
107
Bh
Bohrium
264
108
Hs
Hassium
277
109
Mt
Meitnerium
268
110
Ds
Darmstadtium
281
111
Rg
Roentgenium
272
112
Cn
Copernicium
285
113
Nh
Nihonium
284
114
Fl
Flerovium
289
115
Mc
Moscovium
288
116
Lv
Livermorium
292
117
Ts
Tennessine
294
118
Og
Oganesson
294
Lanthanides
57
La
Lanthanum
138.905
58
Ce
Cerium
140.116
59
Pr
Praseodymium
140.908
60
Nd
Neodymium
144.240
61
Pm
Promethium
145
62
Sm
Samarium
150.360
63
Eu
Europium
151.964
64
Gd
Gadolinium
157.250
65
Tb
Terbium
158.925
66
Dy
Dysprosium
162.500
67
Ho
Holmium
164.930
68
Er
Erbium
167.259
69
Tm
Thulium
168.934
70
Yb
Ytterbium
173.040
71
Lu
Lutetium
174.967
Actinides
89
Ac
Actinium
227
90
Th
Thorium
232.038
91
Pa
Protactinium
231.036
92
U
Uranium
238.029
93
Np
Neptunium
237
94
Pu
Plutonium
244
95
Am
Americium
243
96
Cm
Curium
247
97
Bk
Berkelium
247
98
Cf
Californium
251
99
Es
Einsteinium
252
100
Fm
Fermium
257
101
Md
Mendelevium
258
102
No
Nobelium
259
103
Lr
Lawrencium
262