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Elements named after people

Eponyms make up a small but growing share of the periodic table, especially among the modern synthesised elements. They honour scientists (curium for the Curies, einsteinium for Einstein, fermium for Fermi, mendelevium for Mendeleev, nobelium for Nobel, seaborgium for Seaborg, bohrium for Bohr, meitnerium for Meitner, copernicium for Copernicus, roentgenium for Roentgen, oganesson for Oganessian) and a few honour laboratories or other figures connected to the discovery. This page lists every eponymous element.

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Name source

Mineral Astronomical body Mythology Person Place Properties

Language of origin

Greek Latin Russian English German Swedish Japanese Anglo-Saxon Spanish Norse Arabic
No. Symbol Element Original word Meaning Language Named by
64 Gd Gadolinium Gadolin Johan Gadolin Swedish
96 Cm Curium Curie Marie Curie English
99 Es Einsteinium Einstein Albert Einstein English
100 Fm Fermium Fermi Enrico Fermi English
101 Md Mendelevium Mendeleev Dmitri Mendeleev English
102 No Nobelium Nobel Alfred Nobel English
103 Lr Lawrencium Lawrence Ernest Lawrence English
104 Rf Rutherfordium Rutherford Ernest Rutherford English
106 Sg Seaborgium Seaborg Glenn Seaborg English Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
107 Bh Bohrium Bohr Niels Bohr English GSI
109 Mt Meitnerium Meitner Lise Meitner English GSI
111 Rg Roentgenium Röntgen Wilhelm Röntgen English GSI
112 Cn Copernicium Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus English GSI
114 Fl Flerovium Flerov Georgy Flerov English JINR, LLNL
118 Og Oganesson Oganessian Yuri Oganessian English JINR, LLNL