Three main factors explain the toponymy of the commune: the relief between the Albion plateau and the Lure mountain, its location in the Occitan linguistic area, and the people of the area. The terrain is very present: the "Pié d'Enroux" is formed from a local evolution of the Latin "podium" meaning "height". The "pey" in Peymian has the same origin, the name of this hill meaning "the mountain of the middle". The name of the "Puy de Salve" is formed from the most current evolution in France of "podium" and there is also the "Crête de Gamby" (Gamby Ridge). The "Coueste Chaude" (to the west of the village) is on the slope of a mountain, Occitan derived from the French "côte". Other names are formed from the words "adret" (sunny side of a mountain) and "ubac" (shady side): thus there are the Adret and the Ubac of Grou de Ban, the hamlet of Adrech at the foot of the Grou, and the Ubac farm at the foot of the Pié d'Enroux. The Combe de Vaux is a pleonastic doublet to designate a valley.