The Article of 'Shake guso naishi narabi shoyakunin shinnin no na' of "Itsukushima michishibaki" lists up the names of Naishi from the first rank to the eighth rank and commented that they were called 'Yaotome' and 'Honnaishi'; it is said that there were more than dozen of Naishi under the names of 'Wakin Naishi', 'Karakami Naishi' and the like.
『厳島道芝記』の社家供僧内侍並諸役人神人之名の条には、一﨟から八﨟までの内侍の名を挙げ、これを「八乙女」と称し、また「本内侍」と称したことが見え、このほかにも「和琴内侍」や「韓神内侍」など、その数は十数人にも及んでいた。