Epsilon Cygni bore the traditional name "Gienah" from the Arabic "al janāħ" () meaning "the wing". However that name was more usually applied to Gamma Corvi. For reasons of disambiguation it was sometimes called Gienah Cygni. In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog 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 "Aljanah" for the component Epsilon Cygni Aa on 30 June 2017. It had previously approved the name "Gienah" for Gamma Corvi A on 6 November 2016. Both are now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.