Named after Waßmannsdorf, a village in the municipality of Schönefeld.
The village was first recorded in 1350 as Wasmestorp, and a Johannes de Wachmestorp is listed as early as 1338. How the name derives from a German personal name is unclear: the place-name scholar Gerhard Schlimpert considers the first name Wasmōt one possible source. The station opened on 26 October 2020, five days before Berlin Brandenburg Airport.