Name
The proper name of Xi Geminorum is Alzirr, meaning "the button" in Arabic. This star, along with γ Gem (Alhena), μ Gem (Tejat Posterior), ν Gem and η Gem (Tejat Prior) were Al Han'ah, "the brand" (on the neck of the camel). They also were associated in Al Nuḥātai, the dual form of Al Nuḥāt, "a Camel's Hump".
In Chinese, 井宿 (Jǐng Su), meaning Well (asterism), refers to an asterism consisting of ξ Geminorum, μ Geminorum, ν Geminorum, γ Geminorum, ε Geminorum, 36 Geminorum, ζ Geminorum and λ Geminorum. Consequently, ξ Geminorum itself is known as 井宿四 (Jǐng Su sì, English: the Fourth Star of Well.)
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