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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.
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| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
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| 157101–157200 | ||
| 157141 Sopron | 2004 PO1 | Sopron, Hungary, birthplace of the second discoverer † |
| 157194 Saddlemyer | 2004 QR16 | Leslie K. Saddlemyer, Canadian systems engineer at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, project manager for the Gemini Planetary Imager † |
| 157301–157400 | ||
| 157332 Lynette | 2004 TL20 | Donna Lynette Wells, American wife of the discoverer † |
| 157401–157500 | ||
| 157421 Carolpercy | 2004 TX299 | Carol Percy, Canadian professor of English † |
| 157473 Emuno | 2005 QH | "Em Uno", Spanish spelling of M1, a group of Spanish amateur astronomers † |
| 157491 Rüdigerkollar | 2005 RD22 | Rüdiger Kollar, 20th-century German astronomer, founder and later director of the Sternwarte "Adolph Diesterweg" Radebeul (Radebeul Public Observatory), the discovery site † |
| 157601–157700 | ||
| 157640 Baumeler | 2005 XS80 | Martin Baumeler, Swiss artisan who helped with the Observatoire Robert-A. Naef, the discovery site † |
| 157701–157800 | ||
| 157747 Mandryka | 2006 CS9 | Nikita Mandryka, Tunisian-French cartoonist, creator of the Concombre masqué † |
| Preceded by 156,001–157,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 157,001–158,000 |
Succeeded by 158,001–159,000 |