 It was a member of indigenous Arabic asterism "al-Nasaq al-Sha'āmī", "the Northern Line" of "al-Nasaqān" "the Two Lines", along with β Her (Kornephoros), γ Ser (Zheng, Ching) and β Ser (Chow).According to the catalogue of stars in the "Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars", "al-Nasaq al-Sha'āmī" or "Nasak Shamiya" were the title for three stars