Minu no Okimi, a descendant of Prince Naniwa, who was Emperor Bidatsu's son, had a wife named Agata no Inukai no Michiyo, who was bestowed the ason surname of "Tachibana," and her sons, Tachibana no Moroe and Tachibana no Sai, continued to use the Tachibana family name.
敏達天皇の皇子難波皇子の裔の1人である美努王の妻県犬養三千代が、橘氏朝臣の賜姓された事によって子息である橘諸兄・橘佐為も橘姓を名乗った。