Meanings of minor planet names: 254001–255000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	254001–254100
	254101–254200
	254201–254300
254299 Shambleau	2004 RT288	"Shambleau" (1933) is a short story by the American writer C. L. Moore (1911–1987). †
	254301–254400
	254401–254500
254422 Henrykent	2004 VR122	Henry Kent, an inventor with a passion and curiosity for science and engineering. †
	254501–254600
	254601–254700
	254701–254800
254749 Kurosawa	2005 PE6	Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998), an Japanese film director, producer, screen writer and editor. †
	254801–254900
254846 Csontváry	2005 RT3	Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry (1853-1919), a Hungarian painter. †
254863 Robinwarren	2005 SM4	Robin Warren (b. 1937), an Australian pathologist. †
254876 Strommer	2005 ST19	Gyula Strommer (1920–1995), a Hungarian mechanical engineer and mathematician, and a full professor of the Budapest University of Technology †
	254901–255000