Meanings of minor planet names: 301001–302000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	301001–301100
301061 Egelsbach	2008 UO91	Egelsbach, a German city located between Frankfurt am Main and Darmstadt. †
	301101–301200
	301201–301300
	301301–301400
301394 Bensheim	2009 DB31	Bensheim, a German city, first mentioned in 765. It is situated in the district of the Bergstraße. †
	301401–301500
	301501–301600
301553 Ninaglebova	2009 GM3	Nina Il’inichna Glebova (b. 1937) is a senior scientific worker at the IAA RAS, and was the Editor-in-Chief of the Astronomical Yearbook for many years. †
301566 Melissajane	2009 HF36	Melissa Jane Forward (born 1980), the youngest daughter of the discoverer. †
	301601–301700
301638 Kressin	2010 EQ45	Margarete Kressin (1891–1980), the grandmother of the discoverer. †
	301701–301800
301794 Antoninkapustin	2010 LH64	Andrey Ivanovich Kapustin (archimandrite Antonin) (1817-1894) was the head of the Russian Ecclesiastic Mission in Jerusalem. †
	301801–301900
	301901–302000