Named after Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße, which honours an 18th-century philosopher from West Africa.
Anton Wilhelm Amo, probably born before 1701 near Axim on the Gold Coast, was the first known philosopher of African origin in Germany, teaching at Wittenberg, Halle and Jena. In 2025 the former Mohrenstraße was renamed after him, and the station followed in December. Opened in 1908 as Kaiserhof, it had since been called Thälmannplatz, Otto-Grotewohl-Straße and Mohrenstraße.