 The alley appears in historical records as "cartusegrenden" (1518), "södre Cartuse grennen" (1527), "chartuser gränden" (1625), "Södra Drycks gr"["änd"] (1733), and "Dryks-Gränden" (1740).The reason for the present name of the alley is unknown.See Norra Dryckesgränd for further details.