The place-name Ogoto (雄琴) was named after the Chinese character '雄' (o) of Imaonosukune (今雄宿禰), an aristocrat who owned a shoen (manor in medieval Japan) around that area in the Heian period, and the Chinese character '琴' (koto) (a long Japanese zither with thirteen strings), because the sound of koto was often heard around the mansion of Imaonosukune.
雄琴という地名は、平安時代の貴族、今雄宿禰の荘園があり、その「雄」とその邸からはよく琴の音が聞こえてきたことから、「琴」をとって雄琴と呼ばれるようになった。