The shrine had been known as 'Kamori (加守)-myoujin shrine' until the Edo period because the name of the place around the shrine, 'Kamori' (加守),' derived from the word Kamori (蟹守).
附近の「加守」という地名も蟹守に由来するもので、当社は江戸時代まで「加守明神」と呼ばれていた。