Isem n At Yiraten anamek-is ""arraw n Iraten"". Iraten ad yili d isem n ujaddiw n teqbilt-agi u d isem amaziɣ aqdim. ɣef leḥsab n Salem Caker, ismawen imaziɣen kkan-d ɣef tallyin (zzmanat) yemgerraden, yal tallit d wamek ay llan Yimaziɣen la bennun ismawen-nsen deg-s. Deg Wegles (Antiquité), amur ameqran deg yismawen imaziɣen llan ttwabnayen s wesdukkel n sin wawalen. ɣef umedya, ""Masensen"" (Massinissa) yettwabna s ""mass"" (aqerru, imḍebber) + nsen, deg lweqt ay deg ""Yugurten"" yettwabna s ""yugur"" (yugar) + ten (iten), anamek-is ""yugar-iten"". Dɣa ula d isem n Iraten ad yili yettwabna s sin wawalen. ɣef leḥsab n Chaker (Manuel de Linguistique Berbère, tome I, Bouchene 1990), isem ""Iraten"" ad yili yekka-d seg ""ira"" (iḥemmel) + ten (iten), meḥsub ""iḥemmel-iten"", u yenna-d dakk-n anamek n yisem-a netta dakk-n win umi t-fkan ""iḥemmel n Yakucen"" (dieux) n Imaziɣen iqdimen, ɣas ma yella ay-a yella deg-s ccek.