Named after Matzleinsdorf, a former suburb.
The square was named in 1906 to keep alive the name of the old suburb. Matzleinsdorf, first recorded around 1130/1136 as ‘Mazilinestorf’, takes its name from a man called Mazo or Mazelin (perhaps a short form of Marquard). Before the square existed, the Matzleinsdorfer Linientor gate stood here.