Meanings of minor planet names: 252001–253000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	252001–252100
	252101–252200
	252201–252300
	252301–252400
	252401–252500
252470 Puigmarti	2001 UE14	Josep Puigmarti (born 1932), an artist known for dreamlike and automatic surrealism over six decades of exhibitions throughout five continents. †
	252501–252600
	252601–252700
	252701–252800
252794 Maironis	2002 FL7	Maironis, pseudonym of Jonas Maciulis (1862–1932), one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. †
	252801–252900
	252901–253000