Meanings of minor planet names: 257001–258000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	257001–257100
257005 Arpadpal	2008 EW152	Árpád Pál (1929–2006), a Romanian astronomer and professor at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. †
	257101–257200
	257201–257300
257234 Güntherkurtze	2009 DD112	Günther Kurtze (1921–1986), a physicist and professor of acoustics at TH Karlsruhe. †
257248 Chouchiehlun	2009 FA19	Chouchiehlun (born 1979) is one of the most famous musicians in Taiwan, best known for "Ting Ma Ma De Hua" ("Listen to Mother's Words"). †
257261 Ovechkin	2009 FS47	Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (b. 1985), a Russian ice-hockey winger who began his career with the Dynamo Moscow. †
257296 Jessicaamy	2009 HT57	Jessica Amy Todd (b. 1994) is a daughter of the discoverer. †
	257301–257400
257336 Noeliasanchez	2009 JA1	Noelia Sanchez (b. 1975) is an aeronautical engineer and co-founder of the DEIMOS space company, where she works as Head of the Space Situational Awareness Division for NEO and Space Debris. †
257371 Miguelbello	2009 PM4	Miguel Bello (b. 1961), the founder and CEO of the DEIMOS space company. †
	257401–257500
257439 Peppeprosperini	2010 PL23	Giuseppe Prosperini (1937–2005), an active amateur astronomer who observed lunar and minor-planet occultations. †
	257501–257600
257515 Zapperudi	1997 CD6	Rudolf Zappe (b. 1928) has been a member of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft since 1953. †
257533 Iquique	1998 CN4	Iquique, a port city in northern Chile. †
	257601–257700
	257701–257800
	257801–257900
	257901–258000