Clyde Court replaces the earlier Clyde Street, which features several times in the 1865 Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory. It is close to Arran Street, which may indicate a Scottish interest. It may possibly have been called after the River Clyde in Glasgow which has a street called Clyde Street. However, another possibility is worth considering: in his book on Dublin Street Names C.T. McCready believes Clyde Road, which was named in 1864, took its name from Sir Colin Campbell (1792-1863) who was given the title 1st Baron Clyde in 1858. He was a widely experienced soldier and eventually was given the rank of Field Marshall. Thus, Belfast's Clyde Street would fit into a small group of streets in Short Strand named after British and Irish peers: Earl of Arran (Irish peerage?), Earl of Moira and the Earl of Sefton's estate at Altcar. It was named just 2 years after the death in 1863 of Lord Clyde.