Elaine Street in Stranmillis is named after a figure from Arthurian legend and title character of a poem in Alfred Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King (John J Marshall, Belfast Telegraph, 26/02/1941).
"That on the application of the owner, Mr. T. K. Matthews, four new streets on his property situate off Stranmillis Road be named Landseer Street, Elaine Street, Colenso Street, and Pretoria Street". (Minutes, Improvement Committee, 4th April 1900).