Named after the village of Schönfließ, first recorded in 1270.
Schönfließ is first recorded in 1270, in a document that names a Gerardus von Sconevlet as owner; the Landbuch of Emperor Charles IV (1375) lists the village as ‘Schonenflyt’. The station, opened in 1953 on the outer ring line built to bypass West Berlin, lies about one kilometre north of the village and has been served by the S-Bahn since 1961.