Data of a Given Property For All Elements

      
Atomic # Symbol Name Origin of Name
                       
47AgSilverFrom the Akkadian "siolfor", meaning "to refine, smelt"
79AuGoldFrom the Anglo-Saxon "gold", meaning "to shine"
26FeIronFrom the Anglo-Saxon "isern", meaning "strong metal"
82PbLeadFrom the Anglo-Saxon "lead"
95AmAmericiumFrom the English "America"
98CfCaliforniumFrom the English "California"
11NaSodiumFrom the English "soda"
87FrFranciumFrom the French "France", meaning "Land of the Franks"
110DsDarmstadtiumFrom the German "Darmstadt", meaning "intestine city"
27CoCobaltFrom the German "Kobold", meaning "evil spirit"
30ZnZincFrom the German "Zink", meaning "Cornet"
89AcActiniumFrom the Greek "aktis", meaning "beam"
51SbAntimonyFrom the Greek "antimonos", meaning "against aloneness"
18ArArgonFrom the Greek "argon", meaning "inactive"
33AsArsenicFrom the Greek "arsenikon", meaning "orpiment"
85AtAstatineFrom the Greek "astatos", meaning "unstable"
56BaBariumFrom the Greek "barys", meaning "heavy"
35BrBromineFrom the Greek "bromos", meaning "dirt or stench"
20CaCalciumFrom the Greek "calx", meaning "limestone"
17ClChlorineFrom the Greek "chloros", meaning "pale green"
24CrChromiumFrom the Greek "chroma", meaning "color"
66DyDysprosiumFrom the Greek "dysprositos", meaning "hard to get at"
63EuEuropiumFrom the Greek "Europe", meaning "broad-faced"
2HeHeliumFrom the Greek "helios", meaning "sun"
1HHydrogenFrom the Greek "hydro, - genes", meaning "water + begetter"
49InIndiumFrom the Greek "indigo", meaning "indigo dye"
53IIodineFrom the Greek "iodes", meaning "violet"
36KrKryptonFrom the Greek "kryptos", meaning "hidden"
29CuCopperFrom the Greek "Kyprios", meaning "which is from Cyprus"
57LaLanthanumFrom the Greek "lanthanein", meaning "to lie hidden"
3LiLithiumFrom the Greek "lithos", meaning "stone"
25MnManganeseFrom the Greek "Magnhsia", meaning "Magnesia"
42MoMolybdenumFrom the Greek "molybdos", meaning "lead-like"
60NdNeodymiumFrom the Greek "neos didymos", meaning "new twin"
10NeNeonFrom the Greek "neos", meaning "new"
41NbNiobiumFrom the Greek "Niobe", meaning "snowy"
7NNitrogenFrom the Greek "nitrum, -genes", meaning "native-soda begetter"
76OsOsmiumFrom the Greek "osme", meaning "a smell"
92UUraniumFrom the Greek "Ouranos; Uranus", meaning "sky"
8OOxygenFrom the Greek "oxy geinomai", meaning "to bring forth acid"
46PdPalladiumFrom the Greek "Pallas", meaning "little maiden"
15PPhosphorusFrom the Greek "phos + -phoros", meaning "light-bearer"
94PuPlutoniumFrom the Greek "Plouton via Pluto", meaning "god of wealth"
59PrPraseodymiumFrom the Greek "prasios didymos", meaning "green twin"
61PmPromethiumFrom the Greek "Prometheus", meaning "forethought"
91PaProtactiniumFrom the Greek "protos + aktis", meaning "first beam element"
77IrIridiumFrom the Greek "ptenos", meaning "winged"
45RhRhodiumFrom the Greek "rhodon", meaning "rose"
34SeSeleniumFrom the Greek "selene", meaning "moon"
73TaTantalumFrom the Greek "Tantalus", meaning "Tantalus"
43TcTechnetiumFrom the Greek "technetos", meaning "artificial"
81TlThalliumFrom the Greek "thallos", meaning "green twig"
69TmThuliumFrom the Greek "Thula", meaning "a mythical country"
22TiTitaniumFrom the Greek "Titan", meaning "Earth"
54XeXenonFrom the Greek "xenos", meaning "foreign"
48CdCadmiumFrom the Greek/Latin "kadmeia", meaning "Cadmean earth"
100FmFermiumFrom the Italian "Fermi, Enrico", meaning "fastener"
13AlAluminumFrom the Latin "alumen", meaning "bitter salt"
55CsCesiumFrom the Latin "caesius", meaning "blue-gray"
58CeCeriumFrom the Latin "Ceres", meaning "grain, bread"
6CCarbonFrom the Latin "charbone", meaning "charcoal"
9FFluorineFrom the Latin "fluor", meaning "a flowing"
31GaGalliumFrom the Latin "Gallia", meaning "Gaul"
32GeGermaniumFrom the Latin "Germania", meaning "Germany"
72HfHafniumFrom the Latin "Hafnia", meaning "Copenhagen"
108HsHassiumFrom the Latin "Hassia", meaning "Hessen"
67HoHolmiumFrom the Latin "Holmia", meaning "Stockholm"
71LuLutertiumFrom the Latin "Lutetia", meaning "Paris"
80HgMercuryFrom the Latin "Mercurius", meaning "Mercury"
93NpNeptuniumFrom the Latin "Neptunus", meaning "Neptune"
84PoPoloniumFrom the Latin "Polonia", meaning "Poland"
86RnRadonFrom the Latin "Radium"
88RaRadiumFrom the Latin "radius", meaning "ray"
75ReRheniumFrom the Latin "Rhenus", meaning "Rhine"
37RbRubidiumFrom the Latin "rubidus", meaning "deepest red"
44RuRutheniumFrom the Latin "Ruthenia", meaning "Russia"
21ScScandiumFrom the Latin "Scandia", meaning "Scandinavia"
14SiSiliconFrom the Latin "silex, -icis", meaning "flint"
52TeTelluriumFrom the Latin "Tellus", meaning "Earth"
50SnTinFrom the Middle English "tin", meaning "tin"
83BiBismuthFrom the Modern Latin "bisemutum", meaning "white mass"
19KPotassiumFrom the Modern Latin "potassa", meaning "pot-ash"
90ThThoriumFrom the Old Norse "Thor", meaning "thunder"
23VVanadiumFrom the Old Norse "Vanadis", meaning "Dís of the Vanir"
5BBoronFrom the Persian "buraq"
4BeBerylliumFrom the Sanskrit "beryllos", meaning "a blue-green spar"
16SSulfurFrom the Sanskrit "sufra", meaning "yellow"
38SrStrontiumFrom the Scottish "Strontian", meaning "nose of the fairy hill"
78PtPlatinumFrom the Spanish "platina (del Pinto)", meaning "little silver"
28NiNickelFrom the Swedish "Kopparnickel", meaning "copper-coloured ore"
74WTungstenFrom the Swedish "tung sten", meaning "heavy stone"
39YYttriumFrom the Swedish "Ytterby", meaning "outer village"
65TbTerbiumFrom the Swedish "Ytterby", meaning "outer village"
68ErErbiumFrom the Swedish "Ytterby", meaning "outer village"
70YbYtterbiumFrom the Swedish "Ytterby", meaning "outer village"
40ZrZirconiumFrom the Syriac/Persian "zargono", meaning "gold-like"
102NoNobeliumNamed after "Alfred Nobel"
103LrLawrenciumNamed after "Ernest Lawrence"
109MtMeitneriumNamed after Austrian "Lise Meitner"
104RfRutherfordiumNamed after British "Ernest Rutherford"
64GdGadoliniumNamed after chemist  "Johan Gadolin"
107BhBohriumNamed after Danish "Niels Bohr"
116LvLivermoriumNamed after English "Lawrence Livermore Labs"
97BkBerkeliumNamed after English "U of California, Berkeley"
96CmCuriumNamed after French "Marie and Pierre Curie"
99EsEinsteintiumNamed after German "Albert Einstein", meaning "one stone"
111RgRoentgeniumNamed after German "Wilhelm Rontgen"
112CnCoperniciumNamed after Polish "Nicolaus Copernicus", meaning "copper nickel"
101MdMendeleviumNamed after Russian "Dimitri Mendeleyev"
105DbDubniumNamed after Russian "Dubna"
114FlFleroviumNamed after Russian "Georgy Flerov"
62SmSamariumNamed after Russian" Samarsky"
106SgSeaborgiumNamed after Swedish "Glenn Seaborg", meaning "Lake Mountain"
12MgMagnesiumNamed after the Greek "Magnesia"
113NhNihoniumNew official name of "element 113"
115McMoscoviumNew official name of "element 115"
117TsTennessineNew official name of "element 117"
118OgOganessonNew official name of "element 118"