It is written Umashiashikabihikoji no Kami (宇摩志阿斯訶備比古遅神) in Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters), and Umashiashikabihikoji no Mikoto (可美葦牙彦舅尊) in Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan).
古事記では宇摩志阿斯訶備比古遅神、日本書紀では可美葦牙彦舅尊と表記する。