List of former Edinburgh street names

Below are lists of former street names in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

The degree of preservation of the city, in combination with its status as the home of many famous persons, renders the list worthwhile.

[1] Absorption of outer towns such as Leith and Portobello in the 1920s necessitated a renaming of several streets due to duplication.

Individual building projects which were given unique names were often renamed for simplicity when lying on major arterial roads such as Leith Walk or Morningside Road.

However, these new streets are often not in the exact location as originally found, which can be very confusing to genealogists.