Meanings of minor planet names: 1–1000
| 59 Elpis || – || Elpis, the personification and spirit of hope in Greek mythology. In the 1860s, there was an argument about a new nomenclature proposed by Urbain Le Verrier who wanted to name this asteroid after the discoverer of the asteroid, who was Jean Chacornac (1823–1873). This was not accepted by astronomers. The asteroid was then named by Karl L. Littrow on a request by Edmund Weiss since Chacornac refused to submit a name (other than his own). The given name is an allusion to the "hope" that this dispute could be settled. ||