Avlabari (ავლაბარი), bears the name of the historic district of
Tbilisi where the metro station is situated. Formerly known as 26 Komisari after the
26 Baku Commissars. The Arab-derived place name "Avlabari" is literally translated as "an area beyond the wall".
Liberty Square (თავისუფლების მოედანიTavisuplebis Moedani), named after the city's central square to which the station serves. Formerly known as Leninis Moedani (Lenin Square) after
Vladimir Lenin.
Nadzaladevi (ნაძალადევი), named after the district where the station is located. Formerly known as Oktomberi (October) after the
October Revolution. "Nadzaladevi" (literally, "taken by force") was a name given to the area along the railway occupied by the workers, in the 1880s, despite the official ban. This district was also known as Nakhalovka (
Russian: Нахаловка), a name which has survived in common speech to this day.
Gotsiridze (გოცირიძე), named after the
metro engineer
Viktor Gotsiridze. Formerly called Elektrodepo (ელექტროდეპო) (lit. "The Electro-Depot") after nearby No.1 Metro Depot of Nadzaladevi.
Didube (დიდუბე), named after the district to which the station serves. The name Didube itself means "a large plain".
Ghrmaghele (ღრმაღელე), named after the suburb where the station is located. The name is literally translated as "a deep spring".
Sarajishvili (სარაჯიშვილი), named after the philanthropist
David Sarajishvili, 1848-1911, the avenue named after which is located nearby.
Akhmeteli Theatre (ახმეტელის თეატრიAkhmet'elis Teat'ri), named so after the theatre director
Alexandre Akhmeteli, 1886-1937, who was
purged under
Joseph Stalin. Formerly known as Gldani after the district to which the station serves.
Delisi (დელისი), named after the neighbourhood where the metro station is located. The station was shortly known as Gotsiridze (გოცირიძე) after a metro engineer,
Viktor Gotsiridze.
Work on the following stations began but never finished:
Rustaveli-2 (რუსთაველი-2), a transfer station to the third line.
Saarbrücken Square (საარბრიუკენის მოედანი), a historic square in the Chughureti district.
Lower Elia (ქვემო ელია), a neighbourhood also simply referred to as Elia.
Upper Elia (ზემო ელია), a neighbourhood often referred to as Metromsheni.
Vazisubani (ვაზისუბანი), the terminus station located in the same named neighbourhood.
The following stations were planned and work never began:
Didi Dighomi (დიდი დიღომი), Zurgovana (ზურგოვანა), Georgian Military Road (საქართველოს სამხედრო გზაSakartvelos Samkhedro Gza), Mioni (მიონი), Dighomi (დიღომი), Didube-2 (დიდუბე-2), "EMMG" (ემმგ), Technical University 2 (ტექნიკური უნივერსიტეტი 2),
Vake (ვაკე) followed by the work in progress stations, and then Varketili-2 (ვარკეთილი 2), Kakheti Highway (კახეთის გზატკეცილიK'akhetis Gzat'k'etsili) and Moscow Avenue (მოსკოვის გამზირი).