Buli is named after the buri palm. Alabang is named after the river that passes from the barangay. Ayala Alabang was designed by Batas Pambansa Bilang 219 from Barangay Alabang. Sucat acquired its name in the vernacular word "sukat", which implies "measurement" because it was measured during the Spanish period.In the Global Phonetic Alphabet, ⟨a�