Named after Lichterfelde, a name that probably came with Flemish settlers.
The village was probably founded around 1230 by Flemish settlers; its name goes back to West Flemish 'lichtervelde'. The station opened on 20 September 1868 as Lichterfelde, paid for by the developer Johann Anton Wilhelm von Carstenn. It became Groß-Lichterfelde in 1884, Groß-Lichterfelde Ost on 1 January 1899 and Lichterfelde Ost in 1925.