| Azerbaijani | Yaponiya qarıldağı |
| Bengali | জাাচন চনচফক |
| Breton | Kerc'heiz-noz Japan |
| Bulgarian | Японска нощна чапла |
| Catalan | martinet de nit del Japó |
| Chinese | 栗头虎斑, 栗頭虎斑鳽, 栗千干鸟, 栗头鳽, 栗头夜, 栗鳽, 栗夜鳽, 栗夜, 麻鷺, 栗开鳽, 栗, 栗头 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 栗頭鳽, 日本麻鷺〔栗頭虎斑鳽〕, 栗頭虎斑鳽, 栗鳽, 栗夜鳽, 麻鷺 |
| Croatian | japanski gak |
| Czech | kvakoš japonský |
| Danish | Japansk Nathejre |
| Dutch | Japanse Kwak |
| Esperanto | Japana noktardeo |
| Estonian | pruun-ööhaigur |
| Finnish | japaninhämyhaikara |
| French | Bihoreau du Japon, Bihoreau goisagi |
| Frisian | Japanske nachtreager |
| Galician | Garza da noite xaponesa |
| German | Rotscheitel-Reiher, Rotscheitelreiher |
| Greek | Ιαπωνικός νυχτoκόρακας |
| Hungarian | japán bakcsó |
| Icelandic | Rökkurhegri |
| Indonesian | Kowak jepang |
| Irish | Corr oíche Seapánach |
| Italian | Nitticora del Giappone, Nitticora giapponese, Gorsachio |
| Japanese | ミゾゴイ |
| Korean | 붉은해오라기 |
| Latvian | Japānas gārnis |
| Lithuanian | japoninis baublys |
| Norwegian | japandverghegre, Japandverghegre |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Japandverghegre |
| Polish | ślepowron japoński, slepowron japonski |
| Portuguese | savacu-japonês, garça-nocturna-japonesa, goraz-japonês |
| Russian | Выпь японская, Японская выпь, Японская кваква |
| Serbian | Japanski gak |
| Slovak | chavkoš japonský |
| Slovenian | Japonski kvakač |
| Spanish | Garza Nocturna Japonesa, Martinete japonés |
| Swedish | japansk natthäger |
| Tatar | Япония күлбогасы |
| Turkish | Japon Gece Balıkçılı |
| Ukrainian | квак японський |
| Welsh | Crëyr nos Japan |
