The common name for Sodium Chloride is table salt.
But salt and Sodium are not the same thing.
There is no real "common" name for Sodium itself, but I assume you mean Sodium Chloride.
Na is the chemical symbol for sodium. Na is from the word natrium, which is Latin for sodium carbonate.
named after soda (Na2CO3) ----
It's commonly called water glass or liquid glass.
It's name in lots of languages is natrium, e.g. in German. Both names are 19th century Latin and have been used in English. Also French use sodium. Sodium is related to soda, and natrium to natron, both being natural Na containing compounds known long before the isolation of Na in 1807. "Natron" is either a development of Greek "nitron", or Arabic "natrun", both from Egyptian "netjeri".
It came from the dust and rubble when earth was forming
Sodium (Anglo) = Na = natrium (Latin, Dutch)
natrium
The symbol of sodium is Na, which comes from the Latin word natrium.
Na-short for Natrium (Latin Name for Sodium)
The CHEMICAL symbol for sodium is 'Na'. 'Na' is short for the Latin name name for sodium, which is 'nadium'. Similarly. potassium (K) is from the Latin for 'kalium'.
Na is the chemical symbol for sodium. Na is from the word natrium, which is Latin for sodium carbonate.
"Na" comes from the Latin name for sodium, "natrium".
Na, the symbol for sodium. Natrium is the Latin name of sodium.
Sodiums chemical symbol is 'Na'. 'Na' is the initials of the Latin word for sodium, which is ' NADIUM'. Similarly, Potassium (K) is from Latin for 'KALIUM'.
It is a convention between chemists.
The symbol for sodium, Na, comes from its Latin name "natrium." The Latin word was derived from the Ancient Greek word "νίτρον" (nitron), which referred to a natural mineral salt found in Egypt that was used in making soda ash, a procedure that eventually led to the discovery of sodium.
Sodium; the chemical symbol is Na.