 This minor planet was named after the ancient name of the Crimean peninsula, Tauris.Lutz Schmadel, the author of the "Dictionary of Minor Planet Names" also mentions a mountain with the same name on the southwest coast of Crimea.In addition, Baltic German astronomer Ludwig von Struve (1858–1920) also taught astronomy at the Tavrida University (Tauris University) in Simferopol, a large city on the Crimean peninsula (R. Bremer).