The ceremony was held at Atsuta-jingu Shrine, and he fixed his imina (real name) Yoshitsune by combining the letter '義' (pronounced as 'yoshi') handed down in the Genji family, with the letter '経' (pronounced as 'tsune') taken from the name of the first head of Genji, Minamoto no Tsunemoto.
儀式は熱田神宮にて行い、源氏ゆかりの通字である「義」の字と、初代源経基の「経」の字を以って諱を義経とした。