The street takes its name from a large residence which stood there. "When George Benn wrote The History of the Town of Belfast in 1823 he recorded the residents of two 'country seats' in the Ballysillan area and named the principal country residence as Wheatfield, the home of James Blair. Pigot's Directory of 1824 also names the owner of Wheatfield as James Blair." Nelson McCausland blog.
"Resolved – That the name Wheatfield Crescent be approved for a new street off Crumlin Road on the property of Mr. Walter Miskimmin". (5th November 1935).