A plethora of variant names and ateji are attested for Mishaguji, including ,[REF][REF],[REF][REF][REF][REF] ,[REF][REF] ,[REF] ,[REF][REF] ,[REF] and [REF] among others.
The name has been variously interpreted as deriving from shakujin/ishigami (石神 'stone god'), due to Mishaguji's association with stones and rocks, or shakujin (尺神), due to another association with bamboo poles and measuring ropes used in land surveying and boundary marking [REF].