Data of a Given Property For All Elements

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