To honor her, Christians started to call her 'Garasha HOSOKAWA' in Meiji period; however, in feudal Japan, it was common for husbands and wives to have different surnames, and in view of the examples of Masako HOJO, Toko AKAHASHI and Tomiko HINO, it is clearly wrong to use the name 'Hosokawa,' her correct name being 'Tama AKECHI.'
明治期にキリスト教徒らが彼女を讃えて「細川ガラシャ」と呼ぶようになったが、前近代の日本は夫婦別姓であり、北条政子・赤橋登子・日野富子などの例に照らせば「細川」姓で呼ぶのは明らかな間違いで、「明智珠」と呼ぶのが正しい。