Baroda Drive takes its name from Baroda, now known as Vadodara, the third-largest city of Gujarat, India (Marshall - Origin of Some of Belfast's Street-Names, p. 3; UPNS street names project). Baroda Drive, along with Baroda Street and Parade, is part of a group of streets off Ormeau Road with names related to the Indian sub-continent, popularly known as 'the Punjab'. See also Delhi Street, Agra Street, Candahar Street, Burmah Street, Herat Street and Ava Street (Tempan 2024, p. 123). "Resolved that the name Baroda Drive be approved for new Street off Baroda Street on the property of Messer Cairns Brothers" (31st October 1939).