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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Hipparcos Language Identifier
Al Phard Hya Al Fard al Shujā` the solitary one (in the backbone of the sea serpent)

Bullinger p. 167
the separated, put away Arabic * alf Hya
Al sharasif 1 Hya Al Sharāsīf the ribs (of Hydra)

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 15, Allen p. 249
Arabic, 17th Century * kap Hya
Alfard Hya Al Fard al Shujā` the solitary one

Allen p. 249
Arabic * alf Hya
Alfard Hya Al Fard al Shujā` the solitary one (in the backbone of the sea serpent)

Allen p. 249
Arabic * alf Hya
Alphard Hya Al Fard al Shujā` the solitary one (in the backbone of the sea serpent)

Allen p. 249, Olcott p. 222226, Kunitzsch 40, http://icoproject.org/star.html, 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/alphard.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 Hya
Alphart Hya Al Fard al Shujā` the solitary one (in the backbone of the sea serpent)

Allen p. 249
Arabic (Alfonzine Tables) * alf Hya
Alpherd Hya Al Fard al Shujā` the solitary one (in the backbone of the sea serpent)

Allen p. 249
Arabic * alf Hya
Alphora Hya Al Fard al Shujā`

Allen p. 249
Arabic * alf Hya
Alphrad Hya Al Fard al Shujā` the solitary one (in the backbone of the sea serpent)

Allen p. 249
Arabic (Caesius (17th Century) * alf Hya
Ashlesha Hya āśleṣā the 9th of the 27 nakshatras in Hindu astrology

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, Bulliger p. 149
Sanskrit * eps Hya
Cor Hydrae Hya Cor Hydrae the serpent's heart

Allen p. 249, Olcott p. 226
Latin (Tycho Brahe) * alf Hya
Felis Hya Felis house cat (the brightest star of a deprecated constellation)

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Latin (1799) Jérôme Lalande of France HD 85951
Kalbelaphard Hya Kalbelaphard backbone [or neck] of the serpent

Allen p. 249
Arabic * alf Hya
Lerna Hya Λέρνη the lake where the mythological nine-headed Hydra lived

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Greek HAT-P-42
Lingua Hydri Hya Lisan al Shudja the tongue of the snake

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) * del Hya
Lisan al Shudja Hya Lisan al Shudja the tongue of the snake

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.
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * del Hya
Miaizal 2 Hya Min al Az`al uninhabited spot; the faintest of the five stars that form the

Allen p. 249, Allen, R. H. (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Reprint ed.). New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc. p. 249. ISBN 0-486-21079-0. Retrieved 2010-12-12. p. 15
Arabic (Ulugh Beg, 1437) * eta Hya
middle of mus Hya middle of mus middle of the serpent

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * kap Hya
Minchar Hya Al Minḣar al Shuja nostril of the sea serpent

Allen p. 250, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt , Bullinger p. 167
the piercing of the deceiver Arabic (Ulugh Beg, 1437) * sig Hya
mus Hya mus middle of the serpent

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * tet Hya
Pherd Hya Al Fard al Shujā` the solitary one (in the backbone of the sea serpent)

Allen p. 249
Arabic (Hyde, Thomas 1636 - 17030 * alf Hya
Soheil Hya Suhel al Shām bright

Allen p. 249
Arabic * alf Hya
Soheil al Fard Hya Soheil al Fard the bright solitary one

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) * alf Hya
Soheil Solitarius Hya Soheil Solitarius the bright solitary one

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/Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * alf Hya
Taika Hya taika peace

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Lithuanian HAT-P-40
Ukdah 1 Hya Uḳdah one of four knots in the body of the Hydra, associated with the

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 15, http://everything.explained.today/Iota_Hydrae/
Persian (Kazwini) * tau01 Hya
Ukdah 2 Hya Uḳdah one of four knots in the body of the Hydra, associated with the

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 15, http://everything.explained.today/Iota_Hydrae/
Persian (Kazwini) * tau02 Hya
Ukdah 3 Hya Ukdah one of four knots in the body of the Hydra, associated with the "fountains of the deep" opened for Noah's flood, according to early Euphrateans

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 15, http://everything.explained.today/Iota_Hydrae/
Persian (Kazwini) * kap Hya
Ukdah 4 Hya al-uqdah one of four knots in the body of the Hydra, associated with the

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 15, http://everything.explained.today/Iota_Hydrae/
Persian (Kazwini 1203–1283) * iot Hya