Meanings of minor planet names: 238001–239000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
	238001–238100
	238101–238200
238129 Bernardwolfe	2003 QK31	Bernard Wolfe (1915–1985), an American science-fiction writer. †
	238201–238300
	238301–238400
	238401–238500
	238501–238600
238593 Paysdegex	2005 AS	The French astronomy club Orion is situated in Pays de Gex, near Geneva. †
	238601–238700
	238701–238800
238710 Halassy	2005 GW21	Olivér Halassy (1909-1946), a Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer, who won two gold and one silver medal in three Summer Olympics Games between 1928 and 1936. †
238771 Juhászbalázs	2005 JB94	This minor planet is dedicated to the memory of Balázs Juhász (1992–2012), who died during his night assistant work at the Konkoly Observatory.†
	238801–238900
238817 Titeuf	2005 PQ16	Titeuf is the title of a comic strip and the name of its teenage hero, created by Swiss cartoonist Philippe Chappuis (born 1957), better known as Zep. †
	238901–239000