Although he is widely known as 'Yukimura SANADA' due to the influence of kodan storytelling, there are no historical materials from the years when Nobushige was alive, including letters written by Nobushige himself, in which the name 'Yukimura' is used.
講談などの影響で「真田幸村（さなだゆきむら）」の名で広く知られているが、信繁直筆の書状を始め、信繁が生きていた同時代の史料で「幸村」の名が使われているものは存在しない。