Elements with names from English

Several modern element names use English or English-language place names directly: berkelium and californium for Berkeley and California, livermorium for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, and tennessine for the US state of Tennessee.

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No.	Symbol	Element	Original word	Meaning	Name source	Named by
11	Na	Sodium	soda	Soda	Properties
19	K	Potassium	potash	Potash	Properties
38	Sr	Strontium	Strontian	Strontian village	Place	Humphry Davy (1808)
95	Am	Americium	America	America	Place
96	Cm	Curium	Curie	Marie Curie	Person
97	Bk	Berkelium	Berkeley	Berkeley	Place
98	Cf	Californium	California	California	Place
99	Es	Einsteinium	Einstein	Albert Einstein	Person
100	Fm	Fermium	Fermi	Enrico Fermi	Person
101	Md	Mendelevium	Mendeleev	Dmitri Mendeleev	Person
102	No	Nobelium	Nobel	Alfred Nobel	Person
103	Lr	Lawrencium	Lawrence	Ernest Lawrence	Person
104	Rf	Rutherfordium	Rutherford	Ernest Rutherford	Person
106	Sg	Seaborgium	Seaborg	Glenn Seaborg	Person	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
107	Bh	Bohrium	Bohr	Niels Bohr	Person	GSI
109	Mt	Meitnerium	Meitner	Lise Meitner	Person	GSI
111	Rg	Roentgenium	Röntgen	Wilhelm Röntgen	Person	GSI
112	Cn	Copernicium	Copernicus	Nicolaus Copernicus	Person	GSI
114	Fl	Flerovium	Flerov	Georgy Flerov	Person	JINR, LLNL
115	Mc	Moscovium	Moscow	Moscow	Place	JINR, LLNL, ORNL, Vanderbilt University
116	Lv	Livermorium	Livermore	Livermore Lab	Place	JINR, LLNL
117	Ts	Tennessine	Tennessee	Tennessee	Place	JINR, LLNL, ORNL, Vanderbilt University
118	Og	Oganesson	Oganessian	Yuri Oganessian	Person	JINR, LLNL

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