Meanings of minor planet names: 156001–157000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
156001–156100
156101–156200
156201–156300
156301–156400
156401–156500
156501–156600
156601–156700
156701–156800
156801–156900
156879 Eloïs	2003 EQ1	Eloïs Hernandez, son of Anne Véronique and Michel Hernandez, the latter being one of the discoverers †
156901–157000

Preceded by 155,001–156,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 156,001–157,000

Succeeded by 157,001–158,000