 This minor planet was named after Rhoda Barnard (née Calvert), wife of the American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard (1857–1923), who was himself honored with the asteroid 819 Barnardiana.The official naming was published in the journal "Astronomische Nachrichten" in 1922 (AN 215, 471).The was also mentioned in "The Names of the Minor Planets" by Paul Herget in 1955 ().