The station's name derives from Karasuma-Kuramaguchi, which is the crossing of Karasuma-dori Street and Kuramaguchi-dori Street, and Kuramaguchi, which is one of the "Kyo-no-Nanakuchi" (seven entrances of Kyoto), is located at the west end of Izumoji-bashi Bridge (Kuramaguchi-cho, Kita Ward), about 500m east of the station.
この駅名は烏丸通と鞍馬口通の交差点である烏丸鞍馬口に由来し、京の七口の一つである鞍馬口は当駅の東約500mの出雲路橋西詰（北区鞍馬口町）にある。