He is referred to as Kumanokusubi no mikoto in Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters), while Nihonshoki calls him Kumanokusuhi in the main text, Kumanooshihomi in the first "alternative writing," Kumanokusuhi in the second "alternative writing," Kumanooshihomi or Kumanooshikuma in the third "alternative writing," and Kumano okuma in the third "alternative writing" of the alternative chapter (the Chapter of Iwato gakure, the hiding of Amaterasu Omikami in the heavenly rock cave).
古事記では熊野久須毘命、日本書紀本文では熊野櫲樟日命（クマノクスヒ）、第一の一書では熊野忍蹈命（クマノオシホミ）、第二の一書では熊野櫲樟日命（クマノクスヒ）、第三の一書では熊野忍蹈命（クマノオシホミ）またの名を熊野忍隅命（クマノオシクマ）、別段（岩戸隠れ）第三の一書では熊野大角命（クマノオオクマ）と表記されている。