List of Chemical Elements
List of Chemical Elements
| Atomic No | Name of element  | Chemical symbol  | Origin of name | 
| 89 | Actinium | Ac | From the Greek word aktinos (ray) | 
| 13 | Aluminium | Al | From the Latin word alumen (alum) | 
| 95 | Americium | Am | From America where it was discovered | 
| 51 | Antimony | Sb | From the Greek words anti + monos meaning not alone | 
| 18 | Argon | Ar | From the Greek word argos meaning inactive | 
| 33 | Arsenic | As | From the Greek word arsenikon meaning yellow orpiment (orpiment is arsenic trisulphide) | 
| 85 | Astatine | At | From the Greek word astatos meaning unstable | 
| 56 | Barium | Ba | From the Greek word barus meaning heavy | 
| 97 | Berkelium | Bk | Named after Berkeley, USA where it was discovered | 
| 4 | Beryllium | Be | From the Greek word beryllos meaning beryl | 
| 83 | Bismuth | Bi | From the German word bisemutum | 
| 107 | Bohrium | Bh | Named after Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist | 
| 5 | Boron | B | From the Arabic word buraq or the Persian word burah | 
| 35 | Bromine | Br | From the Greek word bromos meaning stench | 
| 48 | Cadmium | Cd | From the Latin word cadmia or Greek word kadmeia both meaning calamine | 
| 55 | Caesium | Cs | From the Latin word caesius meaning sky blue | 
| 20 | Calcium | Ca | From the Latin word calx meaning lime | 
| 96 | Californium | Cf | Named after the University of California, USA where it was discovered | 
| 6 | Carbon | C | From the Latin word carbo meaning charcoal | 
| 58 | Cerium | Ce | Named after the Asteroid Ceres, which had been discovered in 1801, two years before the element | 
| 17 | Chlorine | Cl | From the Greek word chloros meaning pale green | 
| 24 | Chromium | Cr | From the Greek word chrome meaning colour | 
| 27 | Cobalt | Co | From the German word kobald meaning goblin or evilspirit | 
| 29 | Copper | Cu | From cuprum, the Latin name for the island of Cyprus | 
| 96 | Curium | Cm | Named after Pierre & Marie Curie | 
| 110 | Darmstadium | Ds | Named after Darmstadt, Germany where it was discovered | 
| 105 | Dubnium | Db | Named after Dubnia, USSR where it was discovered | 
| 66 | Dysprosium | Dy | From the Greek word dysprositos meaning hard to obtain | 
| 99 | Einsteinium | Es | Named after Albert Einstein | 
| 68 | Erbium | Er | Named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden, where the mineral from which it was extracted came from | 
| 63 | Europium | Eu | Named after Europe | 
| 100 | Fermium | Fm | Named after Enrico Fermi, the Italian physicist | 
| 9 | Fluorine | F | From the Latin word fluere meaning to flow | 
| 87 | Francium | Fr | Named after France | 
| 64 | Gadolinium | Gd | Named after Johan Gadolin, the Finnish chemist and mineralogist | 
| 31 | Gallium | Ga | From the Latin word Gallia meaning France | 
| 32 | Germanium | Ge | From the Latin word Germania meaning Germany | 
| 79 | Gold | Au | From the German word gold, which was itself derived from an earlier word meaning yellow | 
| 72 | Hafnium | Hf | From the Latin word Hafnia meaning Copenhagen | 
| 108 | Hassium | Hs | From the Latin word Hassium, for the German State of Hess | 
| 2 | Helium | He | From the Greek word helios meaning sun | 
| 67 | Holmium | Ho | From the Greek word Holmia meaning Sweden | 
| 1 | Hydrogen | H | From the Greek words hydro genes meaning water and generator | 
| 49 | Indium | In | Named after the indigo line in its atomic spectrum | 
| 53 | Iodine | I | From the Greek word iodes meaning violet | 
| 77 | Iridium | Ir | From the Greek word iris meaning rainbow | 
| 26 | Iron | Fe | From isarn the old Saxon word for iron | 
| 36 | Krypton | Kr | From the Greek word kryptos meaning hidden | 
| 57 | Lanthanum | La | From the Greek word lanthanein meaning to lie hidden | 
| 103 | Lawrencium | Lr | Named after Ernest O. Lawrence, the inventor of the cyclotron | 
| 82 | Lead | Pb | From the Anglo-Saxon word lead | 
| 3 | Lithium | Li | From the Greek word lithos meaning stone | 
| 71 | Lutetium | Lu | From the Greek word Lutetia meaning Paris | 
| 12 | Magnesium | Mg | From the Greek word Magnesia, a district of Thessaly | 
| 25 | Manganese | Mn | From the Latin word magnes meaning magnet | 
| 108 | Meitnerium | Mt | Named after Lise Meitner, the Austrian physicist | 
| 101 | Mendelevium | Md | Named after Dimitri Mendeleev, the Russian chemist | 
| 80 | Mercury | Hg | Named after the planet Mercury | 
| 42 | Molybdenum | Mo | From the Greek word molybdos meaning lead | 
| 60 | Neodymium | Nd | From the Greek words neos didymos meaning new twin | 
| 10 | Neon | Ne | From the Greek word neon meaning new | 
| 93 | Neptunium | Np | Named after the planet Neptune | 
| 28 | Nickel | Ni | From the German word kupfernickel meaning devil’s scopper | 
| 41 | Niobium | Nb | Named after Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus in Greek mythology | 
| 7 | Nitrogen | N | From the Greek words nitron genes meaning nitre and forming | 
| 102 | Nobelium | No | Named after Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist | 
| 76 | Osmium | Os | From the Greek word osme meaning smell | 
| 8 | Oxygen | O | From the Greek words oxy genes meaning acid and forming | 
| 46 | Palladium | Pd | Named after the asteroid pallas which was discovered at about the same time. Derived from Pallas Athene, the Greek goddess of wisdom | 
| 15 | Phosphorus | P | From the Greek word phospheros meaning bringer of light | 
| 78 | Platinum | Pt | From the Spanish word platina meaning silver | 
| 94 | Plutonium | Pu | Named after the planet Pluto | 
| 84 | Polonium | Po | Named after Poland, birthplace of Marie Curie | 
| 19 | Potassium | K | From the English word potash, the ashes remaining in the pot after plant leaves were burnt and from which potassium carbonate was obtained | 
| 59 | Praseodymium | Pr | From the Greek words prasios didymos meaning greentwin | 
| 61 | Promethium | Pm | Named after Prometheus, who stole fire from heaven and gave it to humans, according to Greek mythology | 
| 91 | Protactinium | Pa | From the Greek word protos meaning first | 
| 86 | Radon | Rn | Named after the element radium, from which it was derived | 
| 88 | Radium | Ra | From the Latin word radius meaning ray | 
| 75 | Rhenium | Re | From Rhenus, the Latin for river Rhine, where one of the discoverers was born | 
| 45 | Rhodium | Rh | From the Greek word rhodon meaning rose | 
| 111 | Roentgenium | Rg | Named after Wilhelm C. Roentgen, the German physicist | 
| 37 | Rubidium | Rb | From the Latin word rubidius meaning dark red | 
| 44 | Ruthenium | Ru | From Ruthenia, the Latin word for Russia | 
| 104 | Rutherfordium | Rf | Named after Ernest R. Rutherford, the New Zealand physicist and chemist | 
| 62 | Samarium | Sm | Named after samarskite the mineral from which it was isolated | 
| 21 | Scandium | Sc | From the Latin word Scandia meaning Scandinavia | 
| 106 | Seaborgium | Sg | Named after Glen T. Seaborg, the American nuclear chemist | 
| 34 | Selenium | Se | From the Greek word selene meaning moon | 
| 14 | Silicon | Si | From the Latin word silicis meaning flint | 
| 47 | Silver | Ag | From siluvar, the Old Saxon word for silver | 
| 11 | Sodium | Na | From soda, the English word for sodium carbonate | 
| 38 | Strontium | Sr | Named after Strontian, Scotland where the mineral from which it was isolated was found | 
| 16 | Sulphur | S | From sulphurium, the Latin word for sulphur | 
| 73 | Tantalum | Ta | Named after King Tantalus, the father of Niobe in Greek mythology | 
| 43 | Technetium | Tc | From the Greek word technikos meaning artificial | 
| 52 | Tellurium | Te | From the Latin word tellus meaning earth | 
| 65 | Terbium | Tb | Named after Ytterby a town in Sweden where its ore was found | 
| 81 | Thallium | Tl | From the Greek word thallos meaning green twig | 
| 90 | Thorium | Th | Named after Thor, the Scandinavian God of war | 
| 69 | Thulium | Tm | Named after Thule the ancient name for Scandinavia | 
| 50 | Tin | Sn | From the Anglo-Saxon word tin | 
| 22 | Titanium | Ti | Named after the Titans, the elder gods who ruled the earth before the Olympian gods, in Greek mythology | 
| 74 | Tungsten | W | From the Swedish words tung sten meaning heavy stone | 
| 92 | Uranium | U | Named after the planet Uranus | 
| 23 | Vanadium | V | Named after Vanadis, the goddess of beauty in Scandinavian mythology | 
| 54 | Xenon | Xe | From the Greek word xenon meaning stranger | 
| 70 | Ytterbium | Yb | Named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden where its ore was found | 
| 39 | Yttrium | Y | Named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden where its ore was found | 
| 30 | Zinc | Zn | From the German word zink | 
| 40 | Zirconium | Zr | From the Arabic word zargun meaning goldcolour | 
| Atomic No | Name of element  | Chemical symbol  | Origin of name | 






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