Meanings of minor planet names: 434001–435000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	434001–434100
	434101–434200
	434201–434300
	434301–434400
	434401–434500
434453 Ayerdhal	2005 PE17	Yal Ayerdhal (1959-2015), a French novelist. †
	434501–434600
	434601–434700
	434701–434800
	434801–434900
	432901–433000