Chemical elements named after places

This is a list of chemical elements named after places. For a list of other toponyms, i.e., names derived from a place or region, see List of words derived from toponyms.

* americium —
* berkelium — city of Berkeley, California, home of the University of California
* californium — state of California and University of California, Berkeley
* copper is probably named after Cyprus
* darmstadtium — Darmstadt, Germany
* dubnium — Dubna, Russia
* erbium — Ytterby, Sweden
* europium — Europe
* francium — France
* gallium — "Gallia", Latin for France. Frenchman Lecoq de Boisbaudran, who was the discoverer of the metal, named it after his country and also subtly for himself. "Lecoq" (rooster) in Latin is "gallus".
* germanium — Germany
* hafnium — "Hafnia", Latin for Copenhagen
* hassium — Hesse, Germany
* holmium — "Holmia", Latin for Stockholm
* lutetium — "Lutetia", Latin for Paris
* magnesium — Magnesia prefecture in Thessaly, Greece
* polonium — Poland
* rhenium — "Rhenus", Latin for Rhine
* ruthenium — Ruthenia, Latin for Rus' (Russia, Ukraine and Belarus)
* scandium — "Scandia", Latin for Scandinavia
* strontium — from the mineral "strontianite", in turn named after Strontian, Scotland
* terbium — Ytterby, Sweden
* thulium — Thule, a mythical island in the far north, perhaps Scandinavia
* ytterbium — Ytterby, Sweden
* yttrium — Ytterby, Sweden

Note: Ytterby in Sweden has given its name to four elements: Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium and Yttrium.

Additionally, the following elements are named after astronomical objects:
* cerium — Ceres
* helium — Helios, the Greek name for the Sun
* neptunium — Neptune
* palladium — Pallas
* plutonium — Pluto
* selenium — Selene, the Greek name for the Moon
* tellurium — Tellus, the Latin name for the Earth
* uranium — Uranus
* mercury — Mercury, which was itself named after the Roman god Mercury

ee also

* List of elements by name
* List of elements named after people
* List of places
* Lists of etymologies