1. The name is derived from the Greek ‘hydro genes’, meaning water forming.

2. Hydrogen

3. From the Greek ‘lithos’ meaning stone.

4. Lithium

5. The name is derived from the English soda and the chemical symbol comes from the Latin 'natrium', which means the same.

6. Sodium

7. The name is derived from the English potash (from which it was first isolated), and the chemical symbol comes from the Latin kalium, ‘potash’.

8. Potassium

9. The name is derived from the Latin rubidius, ‘red’.

10. Rubidium

11. The name is derived from the Latin caesius, ‘sky blue’.

12. Caesium

13. The element is named after France.

14. Francium

15. The name comes from 'beryllos', the Greek for the semi-precious stone beryl.

16. Beryllium

17. The element is named after Magnesia, a district of Thessaly in Greece, where it was first found.

18. Magnesium

19. The name is derived from the Latin ‘calx’ meaning lime.

20. Calcium

21. The element is named after the town of Strontian in Scotland, where its ore was first found.

22. Strontium

23. The name comes from the Greek ‘barys’, meaning heavy.

24. Barium

25. The name is derived from the Latin ‘radius’, meaning ray.

26. Radium

27. The name is derived from the Arabic 'buraq', borax, its principal ore.

28. Boron

29. From 'alumen', the Latin for the mineral alum.

30. Aluminum

31. The name is derived from 'Gallia', the Latin name for France.

32. Gallium

33. The element is named after indigo, which is the colour of the brightest line in its spectrum.

34. Indium

35. The name is derived from the Greek ‘thallos’, meaning green shoot.

36. Thallium

37. The name is derived from the Latin ‘carbo’, charcoal.

38. Carbon

39. The name is derived from the Latin ‘silicus’, meaning flint.

40. Silicon

41. The name is derived from 'Germania', the Latin name for Germany.

42. Germanium

43. The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon. The chemical symbol comes from the Latin ‘stannum’, related to the word ‘stagnum’ (dripping), because it melts easily.

44. Tin

45. The name is derived from the Anglo- Saxon ‘laedan’. The chemical symbol comes from the Latin ‘plumbum’.

46. Lead

47. The name is derived from the Greek ‘nitron genes’, meaning nitre forming : nitre is potassium nitrate, commonly known as saltpetre.

48. Nitrogen

49. The name is derived from the Greek ‘phosphoros’, meaning bringer of light, because it glows in the dark.

50. Phosphorous

51. The name comes from 'arsenikon', the Greek name for the pigment yellow orpiment.

52. Arsenic

53. From the Greek 'anti monos', not alone, and the symbol from the Latin word 'stibium', mark, because the ore stibnite (antimony sulfide) was once used as mascara.

54. Antimony

55. The name comes from the German 'weisse Masse' (white mass), which became Latinised as bisemutum.

56. Bismuth

57. The name is derived from the Greek ‘oxygenes’, meaning acid forming.

58. Oxygen

59. The name may have one or two derivations : the Sanskrit ‘sulvere’ or the Latin ‘sulphurium’.

60. Sulfur

61. The name is derived from the Greek ‘selene’, meaning moon.

62. Selenium

63. The name is derived from the Latin ‘tellus’, meaning Earth.

64. Tellurium

65. Marie Curie named the element after her homeland Poland.

66. Polonium

67. The name is derived from the Latin ‘fleure’, to flow.

68. Fluorine

69. The name is derived from the Greek ‘chloros’, meaning pale green.

70. Chlorine

71. From the Greek ‘bromos’ meaning stench.

72. Bromine

73. The name is derived from the Greek ‘iodes’, meaning violet.

74. Iodine

75. From the Greek ‘astatos’ meaning unstable.

76. Astatine

77. The name is derived from 'Scandia', the Latin name for Scandinavia.

78. Scandium

79. The element is named after the Swedish town of Ytterby (see Erbium).

80. Yttrium

81. The name is derived from the Greek 'lanthana’, meaning to lie hidden.

82. Lanthanium

83. From the Greek ‘aktino’ meaning ray.

84. Actinum

85. The element is named after the Titans, in Greek mythology the sons of Uranus the sky god and Gaia the Earth goddess.

86. Titanium

87. The name is derived from the Arabic ‘zargun’, meaning gold colour.

88. Zirconium

89. The name is derived from 'Hafnia', the Latin word for Copenhagen.

90. Hafnium

91. The element is named after Lord Rutherford, a New Zealand physicist and chemist.

92. Rutherfordium

93. The element is named after 'Vanadis', the old Norse name for the Scandinavian goddess Freyja.

94. Vanadium

95. The name is derived from Niobe, in Greek mythology the daughter of Tantalus, after whom the very similar element is named. It was once known in the USA as columbium.

96. Niobium

97. The element is named after Tantalus, in Greek mythology the father of Niobe.

98. Tantalum

99. The element is named after the Russian town of Dubna.

100. Dubnium

101. The name is derived from the Greek ‘chroma’ meaning colour.

102. Chromium

103. The name is derived from the Greek ‘molybdos’, meaning lead.

104. Molybdenum

105. The name is derived from the Swedish ‘tungsten’, heavy stone, and the chemical symbol from ‘wolfram’, derived from the German ‘Wolf” (wolf) and ‘Rahm’ (dirt).

106. Tungsten

107. The element is named after Glenn T Seaborg, the American nuclear chemist and Nobel prize winner.

108. Seaborgium

109. The name is derived from the Latin ‘magnes’, magnet.

110. Manganese

111. The name is derived from the Greek ‘tekhnetos’, meaning artificial.

112. Technetium

113. The element is named after 'Rhenus', the Latin name for the river Rhine.

114. Rhenium

115. The element is named after Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist.

116. Bohrium

117. The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon ‘iren’, and the symbol from the Latin ‘ferrum’, meaning iron.

118. Iron

119. The name is derived from 'Ruthenia', the Latin name for Russia.

120. Ruthenium

121. The name is derived from the Greek ‘osme’, meaning smell - the metal surface gives off a volatile osmium tetroxide, which has a characteristic odour.

122. Osmium

123. It is named after Lise Meitner, the Austrian physicist who first suggested spontaneous nuclear fission.

124. Meitnerium

125. The element is named after the German state of Hesse, where the German Nuclear Research Institute is located.

126. Hassium

127. The name is derived from the German ‘Kobald’, meaning goblin.

128. Cobalt

129. The name is derived from the Greek ‘rhodon’, meaning rose.

130. Rhodium

131. The name is derived from the Latin ‘iris’, meaning rainbow.

132. Iridium

133. The name is a shortened version of the German ‘Kupfernickel’, meaning Devil’s copper or St. Nicholas’s copper.

134. Nickel

135. The element is named after the asteriod Pallas, also discovered in 1803.

136. Palladium

137. The name is derived from the Spanish ‘platina’, meaning silver.

138. Platinum

139. The name is derived from 'Cuprum', the Latin name for Cyprus.

140. Copper

141. The name is derived from the Anglo- Saxon ‘seolfur’, and the chemical symbol from the Latin ‘argentum’.

142. Silver

143. The name is the Anglo-Saxon word for the metal and the symbol comes from the Latin ‘aurum’.

144. Gold

145. The name is derived from the German ‘Zink’.

146. Zinc

147. The name is derived from the Latin 'cadmia', the name for the mineral calamine.

148. Cadmium

149. The element is named after the a planet and the symbol comes from the Latin ‘hydragyrum’, meaning liquid silver.

150. Mercury

151. The name is derived from the Greek ‘helios’, sun.

152. Helium

153. The name is derived from the Greek ‘neos’, meaning new.

154. Neon

155. From the Greek ‘argos’ meaning inactive.

156. Argon

157. The name is derived from the Greek ‘kryptos’, meaning hidden.

158. Krypton

159. The name is derived from the Greek ‘xenos’, meaning strange.

160. Xenon

161. The name is derived from radium.

162. Radon

163. The element is named after the asteroid Ceres, discovered in 1801.

164. Cerium

165. The element is named after 'Thor', the Scandinavian god of thunder.

166. Thorium

167. The name is derived from the Greek ‘prasios didymos’, meaning green twin.

168. Praseodymium

169. The name is derived from the Greek ‘protos aktino’, meaning first ray.

170. Protactinium

171. The name is derived from the Greek ‘neos didymos’, meaning new twin.

172. Neodymium

173. The element is named after the planet Uranus.

174. Uranium

175. The element is named after Prometheus, who in Greek mythology stole fire from the gods.

176. Promethium

177. The element is named after the planet Neptune.

178. Neptunium

179. The element is named after the mineral samarskite.

180. Samarium

181. The element is named after the planet Pluto.

182. Plutonium

183. The element is named after Europe.

184. Europium

185. The element is named after America.

186. Americium

187. The element is named after J. Gadolin, a Finnish chemist.

188. Gadolinium

189. The element is named after Pierre and Marie Curie.

190. Curium

191. The element is named after the Swedish town of Ytterby (see Erbium).

192. Terbium

193. The element is named after the place where it was discovered.

194. Berkelium

195. The name is derived from the Greek 'dysprositos', meaning hard to get.

196. Dysprosium

197. The element is named after California.

198. Californium

199. The name is derived from 'Holmia', the Latin word for Stockholm.

200. Holmium

201. The element is named after Albert Einstein.

202. Einsteinium

203. The element is named after the Swedish town of Ytterby, where the mineral from which it was first isolated was discovered.

204. Erbium

205. The element is named after Enrico Fermi, the atomic physicist.

206. Fermium

207. The element is named after 'Thule', the ancient name for Scandinavia.

208. Thulium

209. The element is named after Dimitri Mendeleev who devised the periodic table of the elements.

210. Mendelevium

211. The element is named after the Swedish town of Ytterby (see Erbium).

212. Ytterbium

213. The element was named after Alfred Nobel.

214. Nobelium

215. The name is derived from 'Lutetia', the Latin name for Paris.

216. Lutetium

217. The element is named after Ernest Lawrence, the atomic physicist.

218. Lawrencium

219. Special Thanks to the Chemical society and its visual interpretation of the periodic table! (http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/) (http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/)