Named after the Hohenzollernplatz, named after the imperial house.
The square was named in 1901 after the Hohenzollerns, the German imperial house, like the Hohenzollerndamm that runs along it. The station opened in 1913; its wrought-iron entrance gates carry the Hohenzollern eagle. Its entrances, once at the edge of the square, now lie on the central strip of the Hohenzollerndamm.