Whiterock gets its name from a limestone crag on the slopes of Divis.
"Submitted resolution of 19th ult., of the Housing Committee, approving of the following names suggested by this Committee for new streets on the Whiterock Road Housing Site:– Whiterock Gardens, Whiterock Parade, Whiterock Drive, Whiterock Crescent, and Britton's Drive". (30th June 1925).