Can you name what the elements were named after?

Can you name what some of these elements from the periodic table were named after?
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Element
Answer
Hydrogen
hydro prefix for water
Helium
Helios; Greek god of the sun
Sodium
Soda, as in baking soda
Scandium
Scandanavia
Titanium
Titans in Greek Mythology
Gallium
Gaul, Ancient France
Germanium
Germany
Indium
Indigo
Promethium
Prometheus, Greek Titan
Europium
Europe
Holmium
Second half of Stockholm
Rhenium
The Rhine River
Iridium
Iris of the eye
Platinum
Metal plate
Mercury
Mercury, Roman god
Polonium
Poland
Radon
Radium, which decays into radon
Element
Answer
Francium
France
Radium
Radioactive
Thorium
Thor, Norse god
Uranium
Uranus, the planet
Neptunium
Neptune, the planet
Plutonium
Pluto, the dwarf planet
Americium
America
Curium
Marie Curie
Berkelium
Universiry of California, Berkely
Californium
California
Einsteinium
Albert Einstein
Mendelevium
Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of Periodic Table
Nobelium
Alfred Nobel
Bohrium
Niels Bohr
Moscovium
Moscow, Russia
Tennessine
Tennessee
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