Asteroid 11377, Nye, was discovered on September 17, 1998 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) at Anderson Mesa Station of Lowell Observatory near Flagstaff, Arizona.It has a period of 5 years, 299 days.
It was named for Ralph A. Nye (born 1945), Lowell Observatory's instrument designer.
Ralph Nye
The meaning of asteroid Nye seems to be: "nigh" (near); possibly, to present complex subjects simply and well. It can also possibly be a name asteroid for people named Nye or for places with that name such as Nye County, Nevada.