All 118 discovered elements are confirmed and have a formal name and symbol, as decided by IUPAC.
The IUPAC stated that the element was named after the laboratory, not Flyorov,[8] but Yuri Oganessian, who led the team at the laboratory that discovered the element, said that the intention of the naming was to honor Flyorov.
Uranium, neptunium, plutonium, cerium, and palladium were named after Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Ceres, and Pallas, respectively.
It arose from the Latin suffix of metals such as aurum (gold) and ferrum (iron).
The suffix -on is used by some nonmetals (boron, carbon, silicon) as well as the noble gases from neon downward.
The suffix -gen is used for three other nonmetals forming diatomic molecules (hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen).
[40] In 2016, this was amended so that elements in the halogen and noble gas groups would receive the traditional -ine and -on suffixes.
[42] Once an element has been named, a one- or two-letter symbol must be ascribed to it so it can be easily referred to in such contexts as the periodic table.
The naming of the synthetic elements dubnium and seaborgium generated a significant amount of controversy, referred to as the Transfermium Wars.
[44] To avoid confusion, this is no longer done, e.g. element 102 is still called nobelium even though that discovery claim was refuted.