 According to IUPAC recommendations , the discoverer or discoverers of a new element have the right to suggest a name . The discovery of livermorium was recognized by the Joint Working Party ( JWP ) of IUPAC on 1 June 2011 , along with that of flerovium . According to the vice @-@ director of JINR , the Dubna team originally wanted to name element 116 moscovium , after the Moscow Oblast in which Dubna is located . The name livermorium and the symbol Lv were adopted on May 23 , 2012 after an approval process by the IUPAC . The name recognises the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , within the city of Livermore , California , USA , which collaborated with JINR on the discovery . The city in turn is named after the American rancher Robert Livermore , a naturalized Mexican citizen of English birth . 
