In her lifetime, she was called different names according to the changes of her living places, such as Yodo-no-kata, ("Yodo-no-ue-sama" (honorific title for emperors or shoguns), "Yodo-no-nyobo" (wife or court lady, etc.), Ninomaru-dono (second defensive), Nishi-no-maru-dono, and so on.
また生存中には、居場所の変化に伴って淀の方（よどのかた、他に「淀之上様」「淀の女房」など）、二の丸殿（にのまるどの）、西の丸殿（にしのまるどの）などと通称された。