This street was named after a local Church of Ireland church which opened in 1873. “The Committee at the request of Mr Fitzpatrick, have named two streets off Ormeau Road, St Jude’s Avenue and Fitzwilliam Avenue”. Minutes of the Town Improvement Committee of 1 December 1879. In the minutes of the same committee, 26 November 1879 it stated “2 houses off Ormeau Road for William Fitzpatrick”.