| English | common melilot | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | field melilot | | | 1 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| English | ribbed melilot | | | 1 | Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. |
| English | yellow melilot | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | yellow sweet-clover | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | yellow trefoil | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English (Canada) | yellow sweet-clover | | Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 145-146. |
| French | mélilot jaune | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | mélilot officinal | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French (Canada) | mélilot jaune | | Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 145-146. |
| German | echter Steinklee | | | 2 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: lists as Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. |
| German | gelber Steinklee | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Italian | meliloto giallo | | | 2 | Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 2:208. |
| Japanese Rōmaji | seiyō-ebira-hagi | | | 2 | Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. |
| Portuguese | trevo-cheiroso | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | cornilla real | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | meliloto amarillo | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | trébol de olor | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Swedish | gul sötväppling | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Chinese | cao mu xi | | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |