At a Glance
- Meaning
- Honors chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele
- Origin
- New Latin (mineral name)
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- SHAY-lyte
Scheelite is a New Latin (mineral name) girl's name meaning “honors chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele”. It appears in our list of 200+ Beautiful Gemstone Names for Girls.
Meaning & Origin of Scheelite
Meaning: Honors chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
Origin: New Latin (mineral name).
A common claim: Scheelite is named after the chemist who discovered tungsten. Actually: Scheele identified the tungsten-bearing compound in the ore, but the pure metal was isolated two years later by the Elhuyar brothers; the mineral itself wasn't named for him until decades after that.
How to Pronounce Scheelite
SHAY-lyteIPA /ˈʃeɪlaɪt/
Popularity of Scheelite
Scheelite doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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