Meanings of minor planet names: 262001–263000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	262001–262100
	262101–262200
262106 Margaretryan	2006 RU108	Margaret Ryan Masiero (b. 1956), the mother of the discoverer. †
	262201–262300
262295 Jeffrich	2006 SY395	Jeffrey Rich Jr. (b. 1983), an American astronomer. †
	262301–262400
	262401–262500
262418 Samofalov	2006 UV61	Viacheslav Samofalov (b. 1963), a composer and a soloist of the Ukrainian National Philharmonic. †
	262501–262600
262536 Nowikow	2006 UJ349	Igor Nowikow, a physics teacher at Markham District High School in Markham, Canada. †
	262601–262700
	262701–262800
	262801–262900
262876 Davidlynch	2007 BL73	David Keith Lynch (b. 1946), an American filmmaker and television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. †
	262901–263000
262972 Petermansfield	2007 ER9	Peter Mansfield (b. 1933), an English physicist. †