Derived from Iris Street, which was named earlier, in 1896. Part of a floral theme discernible in many of the streets off Springfield Road. It is not one of those listed by John J. Marshall in his article "Belfast’s Permanent Floral Display", Belfast Telegraph, 28/02/1941.
Resolved that the name Iris Drive be approved for new Street on grounds off Springfield Avenue, the property of Mr. James McKibben. (9th October 1934).