Although she was not given official permission to entitle as a Nyogo (a high-ranking lady in the court, or a consort of an emperor), she was called Gion no nyogo or Shirakawa dono after the places where she lived.
女御の宣旨は下されなかったが、居住地にちなんで祇園女御、または白河殿と呼ばれた。