The name of Yamanobe-no-michi Road is supposed to come from the descriptions in the "Kojiki" (Records of Ancient Matters) at the part of the Emperor Sujin saying that the tumulus was at the Magari hill in Yamanobe-no-michi and the part of Keiko saying that 'the tumulus was located along Yamanobe-no-michi.'
山辺の道の名称は、『古事記』では、崇神天皇の条「御陵は山辺の道のまがりの岡の上にあり」同じく景行紀には「御陵は山辺の道上にあり」とあり、これらに由来すると思われる。