Named after the rue de Tolbiac, which recalls the Battle of Tolbiac.
Clovis, king of the Franks, defeated the Alemanni in the battle named after Tolbiac, today Zülpich near Cologne in Germany. It was traditionally dated to 496, but recent revisions suggest 506. The first part of the street opened in 1863 as the rue du Transit and was renamed rue de Tolbiac by a decree of Napoleon III of 10 August 1868.