List of chemical elements named after places
Of the 118 chemical elements, 41 are named after, or have names associated with, places around the world or among astronomical objects. 32 of these have names tied to the Earth and the other 10 have names connected to bodies in the Solar System.
The first table below lists terrestrial locations and the last table lists astronomical objects which the chemical elements are named after.
Terrestrial locations
Astronomical objects
| Location | Element | Symbol | Z |
| Helium | He | 2 | |
| Mercury* | Hg | 80 | |
| Phosphorus** | P | 15 | |
| Selenium | Se | 34 | |
| Palladium | Pd | 46 | |
| Tellurium | Te | 52 | |
| Cerium | Ce | 58 | |
| Uranium | U | 92 | |
| Neptunium | Np | 93 | |
| Plutonium | Pu | 94 |