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 Number | Element Symbol | Element Name | Element Origin of Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H | Hydrogen | from the Greek elements hydro- and -gen meaning 'water-forming' |
| 2 | He | Helium | from the Greek word helios, meaning 'sun' |
| 3 | Li | Lithium | the Greek word lithos, meaning 'stone' |
| 4 | Be | Beryllium | from beryl, a mineral |
| 5 | B | Boron | from borax, a mineral |
| 6 | C | Carbon | the Latin word carbo, meaning 'coal' |
| 7 | N | Nitrogen | from the Greek word nitron and '-gen' meaning 'niter-forming' |
| 8 | O | Oxygen | from the Greek word oxy-, both 'sharp' and 'acid', and -gen, meaning 'acid-forming' |
| 9 | F | Fluorine | from the Latin fluere, meaning 'to flow' |
| 10 | Ne | Neon | from the Greek neos, meaning 'new' |
| 11 | Na | Sodium | from the English word soda (natrium in Latin) |
| 12 | Mg | Magnesium | from Magnesia, a district of Eastern Thessaly in Greece |
| 13 | Al | Aluminium | from alumina, a compound (originally aluminum) |
| 14 | Si | Silicon | from the Latin silex, 'flint' (originally silicium) |
| 15 | P | Phosphorus | from the Greek word phoosphoros, 'carrying light' |
| 16 | S | Sulfur | from the Latin word sulphur, 'fire and brimstone' |
| 17 | Cl | Chlorine | from the Greek word chloros, meaning 'greenish yellow' |
| 18 | Ar | Argon | from the Greek word argos, meaning 'idle' |
| 19 | K | Potassium | from New Latin potassa, 'potash' (kalium in Latin) |
| 20 | Ca | Calcium | from the Latin calx, meaning 'lime' |
| 21 | Sc | Scandium | from Scandia, the Latin name for Scandinavia |
| 22 | Ti | Titanium | from Titans, the sons of the Earth goddess of Greek mythology |
| 23 | V | Vanadium | from Vanadis, an Old Norse name for the Scandinavian goddess Freyja |
| 24 | Cr | Chromium | from the Greek word chroma, meaning 'color' |
| 25 | Mn | Manganese | from magnesia negra |
| 26 | Fe | Iron | from English word (ferrum in Latin) |
| 27 | Co | Cobalt | from the German word Kobold, meaning 'goblin' |
| 28 | Ni | Nickel | from Swedish kopparnickel, containing the German word Nickel, 'goblin' |
| 29 | Cu | Copper | from English word (Latin cuprum) |
| 30 | Zn | Zinc | from the German word Zink |
| 31 | Ga | Gallium | from Gallia, the Latin name for France |
| 32 | Ge | Germanium | from Germania, the Latin name for Germany |
| 33 | As | Arsenic | English word (Latin arsenicum) |
| 34 | Se | Selenium | from the Greek selene, meaning 'moon' |
| 35 | Br | Bromine | from the Greek bromos, meaning 'stench' |
| 36 | Kr | Krypton | from the Greek kryptos, meaning 'hidden' |
| 37 | Rb | Rubidium | from the Latin rubidus, meaning 'deep red' |
| 38 | Sr | Strontium | from Strontian, a small town in Scotland |
| 39 | Y | Yttrium | from Ytterby, Sweden |
| 40 | Zr | Zirconium | from Persian Zargun, 'gold-colored'; German Zirkoon, 'jargoon' |
| 41 | Nb | Niobium | from Niobe, daughter of king Tantalus from Greek mythology |
| 42 | Mo | Molybdenum | from the Greek word molybdos meaning 'lead' |
| 43 | Tc | Technetium | from the Greek tekhnètos meaning 'artificial' |
| 44 | Ru | Ruthenium | from Ruthenia, the New Latin name for Russia |
| 45 | Rh | Rhodium | from the Greek rhodos, meaning 'rose coloured' |
| 46 | Pd | Palladium | |
| 47 | Ag | Silver | from English word (argentum in Latin) |
| 48 | Cd | Cadmium | from the New Latin cadmia, from King Kadmos |
| 49 | In | Indium | from indigo |
| 50 | Sn | Tin | from English word (stannum in Latin) |
| 51 | Sb | Antimony | from the Greek anti, 'against', and monos, 'alone' (stibium in Latin) |
| 52 | Te | Tellurium | from Latin tellus, meaning 'earth' |
| 53 | I | Iodine | from French iode (after the Greek ioeides, 'violet') |
| 54 | Xe | Xenon | from the Greek xenos, meaning 'strange' |
| 55 | Cs | Cesium | from the Latin caesius, meaning 'sky blue' |
| 56 | Ba | Barium | from the Greek barys, meaning 'heavy' |
| 57 | La | Lanthanum | from the Greek lanthanein, meaning 'to lie hidden' |
| 58 | Ce | Cerium | |
| 59 | Pr | Praseodymium | from the Greek praseios didymos meaning 'green twin' |
| 60 | Nd | Neodymium | from the Greek neos didymos meaning 'new twin' |
| 61 | Pm | Promethium | from Prometheus of Greek mythology who stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humans |
| 62 | Sm | Samarium | from Samarskite, the name of the mineral from which it was first isolated |
| 63 | Eu | Europium | from Europe |
| 64 | Gd | Gadolinium | from Johan Gadolin, chemist, physicist and mineralogist |
| 65 | Tb | Terbium | from Ytterby, Sweden |
| 66 | Dy | Dysprosium | from the Greek dysprositos, meaning 'hard to get' |
| 67 | Ho | Holmium | from Holmia, the New Latin name for Stockholm |
| 68 | Er | Erbium | from Ytterby, Sweden |
| 69 | Tm | Thulium | from Thule, the ancient name for Scandinavia |
| 70 | Yb | Ytterbium | from Ytterby, Sweden |
| 71 | Lu | Lutetium | from Lutetia, the Latin name for Paris |
| 72 | Hf | Hafnium | from Hafnia, the New Latin name for Copenhagen |
| 73 | Ta | Tantalum | from King Tantalus, father of Niobe from Greek mythology |
| 74 | W | Tungsten | from the Swedish tung sten, 'heavy stone' (W is wolfram, the old name of the tungsten mineral wolframite) |
| 75 | Re | Rhenium | from Rhenus, the Latin name for the river Rhine |
| 76 | Os | Osmium | from the Greek osmè, meaning 'smell' |
| 77 | Ir | Iridium | from Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow |
| 78 | Pt | Platinum | from the Spanish platina, meaning 'little silver' |
| 79 | Au | Gold | from English word (aurum in Latin) |
| 80 | Hg | Mercury | from the New Latin name mercurius, named after the Roman god (Hg from former name hydrargyrum, from Greek hydr-, 'water', and argyros, 'silver') |
| 81 | Tl | Thallium | from the Greek thallos, 'green twig' |
| 82 | Pb | Lead | from English word (plumbum in Latin) |
| 83 | Bi | Bismuth | from German word, now obsolete |
| 84 | Po | Polonium | from Named after the home country of Marie Curie(Poland), who is also the discoverer of Radium |
| 85 | At | Astatine | from the Greek astatos, 'unstable' |
| 86 | Rn | Radon | From radium, as it was first detected as an emission from radium during radioactive decay |
| 87 | Fr | Francium | from Francia, the New Latin name for France |
| 88 | Ra | Radium | from the Latin radius, 'ray' |
| 89 | Ac | Actinium | from the Greek aktis, 'ray' |
| 90 | Th | Thorium | from Thor, the Scandinavian god of thunder |
| 91 | Pa | Protactinium | from the Greek protos, 'first', and actinium, which is produced through the radioactive decay of protactinium |
| 92 | U | Uranium | from Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System |
| 93 | Np | Neptunium | from Neptune, the eighth planet in the Solar System |
| 94 | Pu | Plutonium | from Pluto, a dwarf planet in the Solar System (then considered the ninth planet) |
| 95 | Am | Americium | from The Americas, as the element was first synthesized on the continent, by analogy with europium |
| 96 | Cm | Curium | from Pierre Curie, a physicist, and Marie Curie, a physicist and chemist, named after great scientists by analogy with gadolinium |
| 97 | Bk | Berkelium | from Berkeley, California, where the element was first synthesized, by analogy with terbium |
| 98 | Cf | Californium | from California, where the element was first synthesized |
| 99 | Es | Einsteinium | from Albert Einstein, physicist |
| 100 | Fm | Fermium | from Enrico Fermi, physicist |
| 101 | Md | Mendelevium | from Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist and inventor |
| 102 | No | Nobelium | from Alfred Nobel, chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer |
| 103 | Lr | Lawrencium | from Ernest O. Lawrence, physicist |
| 104 | Rf | Rutherfordium | from Ernest Rutherford, chemist and physicist |
| 105 | Db | Dubnium | from Dubna, Russia |
| 106 | Sg | Seaborgium | from Glenn T. Seaborg, scientist |
| 107 | Bh | Bohrium | from Niels Bohr, physicist |
| 108 | Hs | Hassium | from Hesse, Germany, where the element was first synthesized |
| 109 | Mt | Meitnerium | from Lise Meitner, physicist |
| 110 | Ds | Darmstadtium | from Darmstadt, Germany, where the element was first synthesized |
| 111 | Rg | Roentgenium | from Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, physicist |
| 112 | Cn | Copernicium | from Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer |
| 113 | Nh | Nihonium | from the Japanese name for Japan, Nihon, where the element was first synthesized |
| 114 | Fl | Flerovium | from Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, part of JINR where the element was synthesized; itself named for Georgy Flyorov, physicist |
| 115 | Mc | Moscovium | from Moscow Oblast, Russia, where the element was first synthesized |
| 116 | Lv | Livermorium | from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (in Livermore, California) which collaborated with JINR on its synthesis |
| 117 | Ts | Tennessine | from Tennessee, United States |
| 118 | Og | Oganesson | from Yuri Oganessian, physicist |
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