The station is named after Eleftherios Venizelos, Liberal Prime Minister of Greece.

[5] The design of the station interiors was kept a secret until a day before its opening, and it was revealed in a ceremony attended by both Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

[6] At this station, Roman Thessaloniki's marble-clad and column-lined Decumanus Maximus (main east-west avenue), along with shops and houses, was found running along the route of the Via Egnatia (modern Egnatia Street) at 5.4 metres (18 ft) below ground level.

[7] Venizelou station also appears in the 1988 Thessaloniki Metro proposal under the name Alkazar.

[9] Alkazar is the popular name for Hamza Bey Mosque, a landmark on Egnatia and Venizelou streets.