This street name is named for the townland: Ballygomartin Baile Gharraí Mháirtín "townland of Martin’s garden or enclosed field". It was known as the Whiterock Road before its name was changed. It is listed in The Belfast And Province Of Ulster Directory 1852. The 1895 directory lists the following: “Frazer, W. M., farmer, Ballygomartin House, Monahan, Patrick”.