Such was the case when IUPAC recently reviewed elements 113, 115, 117 and 118, and decided to give them official names and symbols (goodbye, ununseptium and hello, tennessine! Some elements have been named for the cities in which they were discovered or after scientists. Periodic Table of Elements Element Oxygen - O. The name oxygen was created by Antoine Lavoisier who incorrectly believed that oxygen was necessary to form all acids. For a