 In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars.The WGSN approved the name "Matar" for this star on 21 August 2016 and it is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of Star Names.In Chinese, (), meaning "Resting Palace", refers to an asterism consisting η Pegasi, λ Pegasi, μ Pegasi, ο Pegasi, τ Pegasi and ν Pegasi.