Former known names of Céret are, in order of appearance, "vicus Sirisidum" in 814, "vico Cereto" in 866, "villa Cerseto" in 915, "vigo Ceresido" in 930, also "Cered" and "Ceriteto" in the 10th century, "Ceret", "Cericeto" in the XIth and XIIth centuries, "Cirset" around 1070, "Cersed" (one of the most common forms) in 1130 and "Cerset" in 1138, and from the XIIIth to the XVth centuries "Cereto", "Ceret", "Seret" and "Saret". "Ceret" becomes the most common form around the XVIth century.