He named his discovery "gallium", from the Latin Gallia meaning Gaul, in honor of his native land of France. It was later suggested that Lecoq de Boisbaudran had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq. Lecoq de Boisbaudran denied this suggestion in an article in 1877. He published an account of his investigations on the new element in Sur un nouveau metal, le gallium (1877).
He named his discovery "gallium", from the Latin Gallia meaning Gaul in honor of his native, land of France. It was. later suggested that Lecoq de Boisbaudran had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq. Lecoq de, Boisbaudran denied this suggestion in an article in 1877 .He published an account of his investigations on the new element in Sur un nouveau metal le gallium (1877)