Yuki onna may also be known as "yuki-musume" ("snow daughter"), "yuki-onago" ("snow girl"), "yukijorō" (雪女郎, "snow woman"), "yuki anesa" ("snow sis'"), "yuki-onba" ("snow granny" or "snow nanny"), "yukinba" ("snow hag") in Ehime, "yukifuri-baba" ("snowfall hag") in Nagano. Yuki-onna also has many names that come from the Japanese word for icicle, like "tsurara-onna", "kanekori-musume" and "shigama-nyōbō".