Meanings of minor planet names: 379001–380000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	379001–379100
379155 Volkerheinrich	2009 QR6	Volker Heinrich (b. 1962), an amateur astronomer. †
379173 Gamaovalia	2009 RA2	Named after the three sisters Galina (b. 1935), Mariya (b. 1940), Oktyabrina (b. 1938) and two brothers Vassiliy (b. 1944) and Lev (b. 1947) of astronomer Klim Churyumov, co-discoverer of comet 67P, the main target of the Rosetta spacecraft. †
	379101–379200
	379201–379300
	379301–379400
	379401–379500
	379501–379600
	379601–379700
	379701–379800
	379801–379900
	379901–380000