Elements named

There are 13 elements named after people, although only 12 of the names are formally accepted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

* bohrium (Bh, 107) – Niels Bohr
* curium (Cm, 96) – Pierre and Marie Curie
* einsteinium (Es, 99) – Albert Einstein
* fermium (Fm, 100) – Enrico Fermi
* gallium (Ga, 31) – both named after Gallia (Latin for France) and its discoverer, Lecoq de Boisbaudran (le coq, the French word for 'rooster' translates to gallus in Latin)
* hahnium (105) – Otto Hahn (Dubnium, named for Dubna in Russia, is the IUPAC-accepted name for element 105)
* lawrencium (Lr, 103) – Ernest Lawrence
* meitnerium (Mt, 109) – Lise Meitner
* mendelevium (Md, 101) – Dmitri Mendeleev
* nobelium (No, 102) – Alfred Nobel
* roentgenium (Rg, 111) – Wilhelm Roentgen (formerly Ununumium)
* rutherfordium (Rf, 104) – Ernest Rutherford
* seaborgium (Sg, 106) – Glenn T. Seaborg
This is an alphabetical list of element toponyms or elements named for places or regions. Ytterby in Sweden has given its name to four elements: Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium and Yttrium.

* Americium – America, the Americas
* Berkelium – University of California at Berkeley
* Californium – State of California and University of California at Berkeley
* Copper - probably named for Cyprus
* Darmstadtium – Darmstadt, Germany
* Dubnium – Dubna, Russia
* Erbium – Ytterby, a town in Sweden
* Europium – Europe
* Francium – France
* Gallium – Gallia, Latin for France. Also named for Lecoq de Boisbaudran, the element's discoverer (Lecoq in Latin is gallus)
* Germanium – Germany
* Hafnium – Hafnia, Latin for Copenhagen
* Hassium – Hesse, Germany
* Holmium – Holmia, Latin for Stockholm
* Lutetium – Lutecia, ancient name for Paris
* Magnesium – Magnesia prefecture in Thessaly, Greece
* Polonium – Poland
* Rhenium – Rhenus, Latin for Rhine, a German province
* Ruthenium – Ruthenia, Latin for Russia
* Scandium – Scandia, Latin for Scandinavia
* Strontium – Strontian, a town in Scotland
* Terbium – Ytterby, Sweden
* Thulium – Thule, a mythical island in the far north (Scandinavia?)
* Ytterbium – Ytterby, Sweden
* Yttrium – Ytterby, Sweden