Named after a house called Cairnburn, the family home of the family home of Lt.-Col. the Rt. Hon. Samuel Herbert Hall-Thompson (1885–1954), a prominent Northern Ireland politician.
Submitted application from Mr William McFarland to name Streets under on his property at Cairnburn ...on the recommendation of the City Surveyor, the names were approved: Cairnburn Park. (Continuation of Cairnburn Park.) Cairnburn Crescent, continuation of (Cairnburn Crescent) (13th September 1955).