Named after Edward Latymer, a London lawyer who died in 1627.
Latymer, an attorney in the Court of Wards, bought land in Fulham and Hammersmith in 1622. His will left the land for the road and most of his wealth to the people of Hammersmith and St Dunstan's parish; his trusts founded Latymer Upper School. Nearby Freston Road recalls Freston, his family's Suffolk village. Oddly, Latimer Road now lies about 500 metres from its station, across the Westway.