Named after the town of Teltow; ‘Stadt’ (town) marks the station in the town itself.
Teltow is first recorded in 1265. According to Gerhard Schlimpert the name comes either from Telte, an old name of the Bäke stream – ‘land on the Telte’ – or from the place name Tilithi; the regional name Teltow was probably transferred to the town. From 1901 Teltow had only a station far from the town; in 2005 the S-Bahn reached Teltow Stadt, about 500 metres from the centre.