 The name "Tulipa" was originally assigned to minor planet , discovered by Reinmuth on 24 February 1928, which turned out to be identical with 1449 Virtanen, and was consequently reassigned to (now 1095 Tulipa).The official naming citation was mentioned in "The Names of the Minor Planets" by Paul Herget in 1955 ().Karl Reinmuth submitted a list of 66 newly named asteroids in the early 1930s.