Meanings of minor planet names: 272001–273000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	272001–272100
	272101–272200
	272201–272300
	272301–272400
	272401–272500
	272501–272600
	272601–272700
	272701–272800
272746 Paoladiomede	2005 YA129	Paola Diomede (born 1968), the wife of the discoverer. †
	272801–272900
	272901–273000