Meanings of minor planet names: 277001–278000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	277001–277100
	277101–277200
277106 Forgó	2005 GY	Forgó László (1907-1985), a Hungarian mechanical engineer and inventor. †
	277201–277300
	277301–277400
	277401–277500
	277501–277600
	277601–277700
	277701–277800
	277801–277900
277816 Varese	2006 GL	Varese is "the city of gardens", in a lake district with beautiful landscapes on the border of the Italian Alps. †
277883 Basu	2006 JA69	Shantanu Basu (b. 1964), an American astrophysicist. †
	277901–278000