It has the traditional cognate names "Aspidiske" (not be confused with "Asmidiske", the proper name of Xi Puppis), "Scutulum" and "Turais" (or "Tureis", a name shared with Rho Puppis). Turais is the Arabic "تُرَيْس" "turais" "small shield" (diminutive), while "Aspidiske" and "Scutulum" are Greek and Latin translations from "ασπίδα" and "scūtum". In 2016, the International Astronomical Union formed its Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names it approved which included "Aspidiske" for this star.