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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Hipparcos Language Identifier
mul gisGAN.UR Vel The Harrow a farm tool for breaking up clods in a field before plowing

Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-8.html
Sumerian * mu. Vel
Al Muhlifain Vel Al Muḥlifaīn the oath

Allen p. 72
Arabic * gam02 Vel
Al Suhail Alwazn Vel Al Suhail al Wazn the plain of the weight

Allen p. 74, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * lam Vel
Alherem Vel Al Haram the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants; this name may have resulted from confusion with an early Mesopotamian constellation named The Harrow, which occupied the region of the sky given to Vela by the Greeks thousands of years later

Moore, Partick &Robin Rees (2011). Patrick Moore39;s Data Book of Astronomy. Cambridge University Press. p. 500
Arabic * mu. Vel
Alsuhail Vel Al Suhail al Wazn the plain of the weight; the swearer (that the weight was correct)

http://www.icoproject.org/star.html
Arabic (Al-Sufi, 964 AD) * lam Vel
bite of gis-gan-gur Vel bite of gis-gan-gur

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * mu. Vel
hand of nin-mah Vel hand of nin-mah the hand of the lady of the lions

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * phi Vel
hands of nun-ki Vel hands of nun-ki hands of Babylon, the city of Nimrod

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * gam02 Vel
Kalausi Vel kalausi the strong whirlwind

Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Dholuo HD 83443
Markab Vel Markab something to ride, typically a saddle as in Pegasus

Allen p. 74, https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * kap Vel
Markeb Vel Markeb something to ride, typically a saddle as in Pegasus

Allen, p. 74, Olcott p. 430, Kunitzsch p. 59, KalerJames B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/markeb.html
Arabic * kap Vel
Marut Vel Marut Harut and Marut (Harut wa-Marut) are the two angels mentioned in the second surah of the Quran, who were present during the reign of Sulaymân (Arabic: Solomon), and were located at Babil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harut_and_Marut
Arabic HR 3803
Maskakatu Vel The Harrow a farm tool for breaking up clods in a field before plowing

Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-8.html
Akkadian * mu. Vel
Muhalifain Vel Muḥtalifaīn the oath

Allen p. 72
Arabic * gam02 Vel
Muhnithain Vel Muḥnithain the oath

Allen p. 72
Arabic * gam02 Vel
Natasha Vel natasha thank you

https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
languages of Zaire HD 85390
nun-ki Vel nun-ki the city of Eridu, first city built on Earth

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * lam Vel
Peregrini Vel plural of peregrinus a free man who is not a Roman citizen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrinus_(Roman)
Latin * mu. Vel
Regor Vel Regor Roger (Chaffee), Apollo 1 astronaut, spelled backward

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-AOTNavStarsDetents.html, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/regor.html
American * gam02 Vel
Soheil Vel Al Suhail al Wazn the plain of the weight

Bullinger p. 160
the desired Arabic * lam Vel
Suhail Vel Al Suhail al Wazn the plain of the weight

Kunitzsch p. 59, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/suhail.html, https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic (Al-Sufi, 964 AD) * lam Vel
Suhail Vel Al Suhail al Muḥlif the plain

Kunitzsch o. 59, https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * gam02 Vel
Suhail al Muhlif Vel Al Suhail al Muhlif plain taker of the oath

Allen p. 7, Kunitzsch p. 59
Arabic * gam02 Vel
suhail al-wazn Vel suhail al-wazn plain of the scale beam

Kunitzsch p. 59
Arabic * gam02 Vel
Suhail Alwazn Vel Al Suhail al Wazn the plain of the weight

Kunitzsch p. 59
Arabic * lam Vel
Xestus Vel Xestus the name of the god of sea currents and ocean currents who helped to guide the Argo on its journey

https://astrologyking.com/constellation-argo/
Greek * omi Vel