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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Hipparcos Language Identifier
Caiam Her Kajam the club of Hercules

Bullinger p. 59
punishing, treading under foot Arabic * ome Her
Cajam Her Kajam the club of Hercules

http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Kajam.html
Latin * mu. Her
Caput Ingeniculi Her Rās al Jathiyy head of the kneeler

Knobel E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 430, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Latin * alf Her
Cubitum Sinistrum Ingeniculi Her Cubitum Sinistrum Ingeniculi the left elbow of kneeling man

Knobel E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * lam Her
Cujam Her Caiam club of Hercules

Allen p. 246, Olcott p. 212, Kunitzsch p. 40, Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Latin (Horace) * ome Her
Fekhiz al Jathih al Aisr Her Fekhiz al Jathih al Aisr next to the last stop (of the kneeling man)

Knobel E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 429–438, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * eps Her
Franz Her Franz named for Emperor Franz Joseph ? of Austria

StockmanL.H. & Harper Davidhttps://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
German HAT-P-14
Gaiam Her Kajam the club of Hercules

http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Kajam.html
erroneous * ome Her
Genu Sinistrum Ingeniculi Her Genu Sinistrum Ingeniculi the left knee of the kneeling man

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * omi Her
Guiam Her Caiam club, through an early transcriber's error

Allen p. 246
Arabic * ome Her
Guiam Her Kajam the club of Hercules

http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Kajam.html, Bullinger p. 59
punishing, treading under foot erroneous * ome Her
Guyam Her Kajam the club of Hercules

http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Kajam.html
erroneous * ome Her
Humerus Sinister Ingeniculi Her Humerus Sinister Ingeniculi left hip joint of the kneeling man ("sinister" meaning sinews)

Knobel E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 430, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * del Her
Hunor Her Hunor the legendary founder of the Huns

Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Hungarian HAT-P-2
Irena Her Irena a fictional character from Slovene writer Fran Saleški Finžgar's Pod svobodnim soncern

Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Slovenian WASP-38
Kajam Her alternative spelling of Cujam the club of Hercules

Allen p. 24, http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Kajam.html
Arabic * ome Her
Korneforos Her Korneforos club bearer

Allen p. 243
Greek * bet Her
Kornephoros Her Kornephoros club bearer

Allen p. 243, Olcott p. 212, Kunitzsch p. 39, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 15, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/kornephoros.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Greek * bet Her
Kornephorus vel Rutilicus Her Kornephoros club bearer

Allen p. 243, Bullinger p. 59
the branch, kneeling Greek (Burritt, 1833) * bet Her
Ma'asym Her Mi`ṣam wrist

Bullinger p. 59
the sin offering Arabic * lam Her
Maasym Her Mi`ṣam wrist

Kunitzsch p. 40, http://icoproject.org/star.html
Arabic * lam Her
Mahasim Her Mi`ṣam wrist

https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * lam Her
Mahasim Her al‑miʿṣam al‑thurayyā wrist (closest to the Pleiades)

Allen p. 245, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * tet Aur
Marfak Her Marfiḳ the elbow [of Hercules, the kneeling man]

Allen p. 244
Arabic * kap Her
Marfak Al Jathih Al Aisr Her Marfak Al Jathih Al Aisr the left elbow of kneeling man

Knobel E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55 (8): 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * lam Her
Marfik Her Marfiḳ the elbow [of Hercules, the kneeling man]

Allen p. 244, Olcott p. 212
Arabic * kap Her
Marsia Her Marfiḳ the elbow

Allen p. 244
Arabic * kap Her
Marsic Her Marfiḳ the elbow [of Hercules, the kneeling man]

Allen p. 244, Kunitzsch p. 40, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 15, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/marsic.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, Bullinger p. 59
the wounding Arabic * kap Her
Masini Her Mi`ṣam wrist

Allen p. 244
Arabic * lam Her
Masym Her Mi`ṣam wrist

Allen p. 244, Olcott p. 212, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 15, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/masym.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt,
Arabic * lam Her
Mazim Her Mi`ṣam wrist

Allen p. 244
Arabic * lam Her
Mazym Her Mi`ṣam wrist

Allen p. 244
Arabic * lam Her
Mirfak Her Marfiḳ the elbow

Allen p. 244
Arabic * kap Her
Mirfek al Djathi al Aisr Her Mirfek al Djathi al Aisr left hip joint of the kneeling man ("sinister" meaning sinews)

Knobel E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 430, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * del Her
Ogma Her Ogma a Gallic deity of war

https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
the Club d'Astronomie de Toussaint of France (2015) HD 149026
Pipoltr Her pipoltr a bright and visible butterfly

StockmanL.H. & Harper Davidhttps://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Triesenberg dialect, Liechtenstein * tet Her
Ras al Djathi Her Rās al Jathiyy head of the kneeler

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 435. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * alf Her
Ras al Gethi Her Rās al Jathiyy head of the kneeling man

Allen p. 243, Bullinger p. 59
the head of him who bruises Arabic * alf Her
Ras Algethi Her Rās al Jathiyy head of the kneeling man

Allen p. 243, Olcott p. 212218,
Arabic * alf Her
Rasalgethi Her Rās al Jathiyy head of the kneeling man

Kunitzsch p. 39, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 15, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, Kaler http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/rasalgethi.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * alf Her
Rekbet al Jathih al Aisr Her Rekbet al Jathih al Aisr the left knee of the kneeling man

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * tau Her
Rukbalgethi Genub Her Rukbalgethi Genubi southern knee

https://www.universeguide.com/star/rukbalgethigenubi
Arabic (traditional) * tet Her
Rukbalgethi Shemali Her Rukbalgethi Shemali northern knee

https://www.universeguide.com/star/tauherculis
Arabic * omi Her
Ruticulo Her Ruticulo shoulder of the figure

Allen p. 244
Century Cyclopedia * bet Her
sa-mas-a-ti Her sa-mas-a-ti ziqpu 4

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * bet Her
sa-mas-a-ti Her sa-mas-a-ti ziqpu 4

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * gam Her
Sarin Her Sarin left shoulder of the kneeling man

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 15, http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Sarin.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Latin * del Her
single star of the knee of uz Her single star of the knee of uz the knee of the goat, ziqpu 6

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * mu. Her
tak-sa-a-tu Her tak-sa-a-tu ziqpu 5

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * del Her