The name Wandsworth House first appears in the Belfast Newsletter on Saturday 24 June 1865. The name Wandsworth begins to appear in the 1870 Belfast And Province Of Ulster Directory. It is likely the "Wandsworth" streets like so many streets are called after the local "Big House".
"On the application of the owners of property it was Resolved – That the name of a street from Belmont Road to Circular Road be changed from Wandsworth Road to Wandsworth Drive. (21st August 1928)