Named after the Johannisthaler Chaussee, the old road to Johannisthal.
The road is the historic link from the village of Buckow to the Königsheide in Johannisthal, and bore its name before 1911. Johannisthal itself is named after its founder, Johann Wilhelm Werner (died 1754). The station, opened in 1970, carries the extra name Gropiusstadt, after the district around it.