Forth Parade is named after Francis Charles Lawson Forth who was a director of Workman Limited based on the Springfield Road. "Resolved--That the names "Woodvale Crescent," "Woodvale Avenue," "Cuan Parade, Workman Avenue, and "Forth Parade" be approved for new streets off Springfield Road on the property of Mr. Hugh Murphy". (Wednesday, 16th February, 1938.