Actinium

Aluminum 

Americium

Antimony

Argon

Arsenic

Astatine

Barium

Berkelium

Beryllium 

Bismuth

Bohrium

Boron

Bromine

Even among the range of blue names on the current baby naming palette -- Blue itself, Azure, Cerulean, Teal, Aqua, Cyan, Indigo -- Cobalt remains the most unusual, not to mention the most masculine.

Cobalt

Cadmium

Calcium 

Californium

Carbon

Cerium

Cesium

Chlorine 

Chromium

Copper

Curium

Dubnium

Dysprosium

Einsteinium

Erbium

Europium

Fermium

Fluorine 

Francium

Luxe baby name that could easily fit in among children named Onyx and Emerald. Goldie is a rising choice for girls.

Gold

Gadolinium

Gallium

Germanium 

Hafnium

Hassium

Helium

Holmium

Hydrogen

Indium

Iodine

Iridium

Iron

Krypton

Lanthanum

Lawrencium

Lead

Lithium

Lutetium

Adventurous parents are starting to look back to names of ancient gods like Mercury, Zeus, and Apollo. This one is also a planet and a metallic element, and has a friendly nickname, Merc. The Roman god Mercury, which derives from the Latin words for trade or wages, is the patron of tradesmen and travelers and the fastest-moving planet in the solar system. Mercury is the planet associated with the sign of Virgo, so this is one of the prime <a href="https://nameberry.com/blog/zodiac-baby-names-ideas-for-your-virgo-babe">names for Virgo babies</a>.

 Music lovers will also appreciate the connection to the legendary Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara.

Mercury

Magnesium 

Manganese

Meitnerium

Mendelevium

Molybdenum

Bright and energetic, Neon seems like it would be a modern coinage, borrowed from neon lights. 

Instead, Neon is found way back in Ancient Greece. The lights are named for neon gas, discovered in 1898 and named because it was new. 

Neon was also as recently as the 1940s and 1950s, mostly for boys. 

Today parents would probably opt for Neo or Nova, but Neon feels both vintage and space age - an interesting combination! This may be one of the <a href="https://nameberry.com/search/boys-names/n">boy names starting with N</a> ripe for discovery.

Neon

Neodymium

Neptunium

Nickel

Niobium

Nitrogen 

Nobelium

Osmium

Oxygen

Palladium

Phosphorus 

Platinum

Plutonium

Polonium

Potassium 

Praseodymium

Promethium

Protactinium

Radium

Radon

Rhenium

Rhodium

Rubidium

Ruthenium

Rutherfordium

This shimmery Age of Aquarius unisex flower child name is making a comeback, along with metal and gem names like Steel, Jade, and Ruby. 

Silver

Samarium

Scandium 

Seaborgium

Selenium

Silicon 

Sodium 

Strontium

Sulfur

Tantalum

Technetium

Tellurium

Terbium

Thallium

Thorium

Thulium

cmwillard's list "Periodic Table of Elements" of 109 great name ideas: Actinium - Zirconium!

Periodic Table of Elements

For those who love science or simply want to discover more possible names, here's a list of the names of the elements of the periodic table of elements. Some definitely could work as names, while others might be a bit trickier