Among the public opinions for a station name gathered in February 2007, 'Tenjingawa' was selected as number one, accounting for 51% and 'Uzumasa' as number two, accounting for 12%; consequently, the two were combined for the station name.
2007年2月に行われた駅名公募で、1位は、「天神川」が51%を、2位は、地域名の「太秦」などが12%だったのをその両者を併せた形となった。