Asteroid 3861, Lorenz, was discovered on March 30, 1910 by Joseph Helffrich at Heidelberg, Germany. It has a period of 4 years, 29 days.
It was named for Austrian zoologist Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989),a pioneer in ethology (the study of animal behavior).
Konrad Lorenz
The meaning of asteroid Lorenz seems to be: cute, attracting nurturing behavior (Damien Foor); love for animals, "animal behavior," anthropomorphism, mushiness; possibly, ethology, the idea that behavior is genetically programmed.