The system bore the traditional name "Alshain" derived from the Perso-Arabic term الشاهين, "aš-šāhīn", meaning "the (peregrine) falcon", perhaps by folk etymology from the Persian "šāhīn tarāzū" (or possibly "šāhīn tara zed"; see Gamma Aquilae), the Persian name for the asterism α, β and γ Aquilae. In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN decided to attribute proper names to individual stars rather than entire multiple systems. It approved the name "Alshain" for the component Beta Aquilae A on 21 August 2016 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.