Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman was named after Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, the first prime minister of Malaysia who had his residence there. The Tunku lived there until his demise in 1990.
Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman was formerly known as Ayer Rajah Road, after the Ayer Rajah Estate of the Browns and Scotts that used to be located there in the 19th century.