They were named after the mosques (Tefderdarska, Bajrak), well-known Ottomans who lived in them (Jaja-Pašina, Eski-Agina, Deli-Ahmetova) or the local artisans (Bitpazarska, Spahijska, Čauška, Delijska).
During the 18th century occupation by the Austrians, they renamed some of the streets (Bitpazarska to Dunavska) and named others (Eugena Savojskog [modern Braće Baruh], Carigradska [modern Vasina], Apotekarska, Kamenička, Klosterska, Tri Hana).
[1] After the liberation from the Ottomans in 1806, the streets weren't named, instead the houses were numbered according to which quarter they belong.
On 15 March 1847, the city administration asked the Ministry of the Interior to do the numbering of the houses.
New Communist authorities after 1945 changed the names of 160 streets in Belgrade's central area.
The first permanent commission for the naming of the streets was founded in 1888 as Odbor za naimenovanje ulica.