Meanings of minor planet names: 294001–295000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	294001–294100
	294101–294200
	294201–294300
294295 Brodardmarc	2007 VU	Brodard Marc (b. 1950) is a retired teacher and demonstrator at the Observatory Naef. †
	294301–294400
	294401–294500
294402 Joeorr	2007 VN1891	Joseph Newton Orr (1954–2013), a longtime supporter of Lowell Observatory’s research and preservation efforts. †
	294501–294600
294595 Shingareva	2008 AH1	Kira B. Shingareva (b. 1938), a professor at the Moscow State University for Geodesy and Cartography, and the head of the Planetary Cartography Laboratory. †
294600 Abedinabedin	2008 AA3	Abedin Y. Abedin (b. 1982), a good friend of the first discoverer. †
	294601–294700
294664 Trakai	2008 AL86	Trakai is a Lithuanian historic city known for its medieval island castle and lake resort. †
	294701–294800
294727 Dennisritchie	2008 BV41	Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (1941-2011), a computer scientist and winner of the Turing, Hamming Medal and National Medal of Technology awards. †
	294801–294900
	294901–295000