The name Los Masos, seen frequently in Catalonia, generally indicates a grouping of farms or houses. Here, it indicates a collection of hamlets and so is unusual, in fact the Los Masos hamlets, in 1035, were referred to as 'villares'. Throughout the Middle Ages, they are generally termed Los Vilars, and Los Masos appears in the 17th and 18th centuries.

La Sacristie (Sacrestia in 1358), where the gite is located, gets its name from the sacristan (or sexton) of the nearby monastery of St Michel de Cuixa, who, up until the 16th century, was the lord of the hamlet. In the 17th century, the Roca family owned these central, stone built buildings and it is from this family that the gite gets its name. Local Catalan villagers still refer to La Sacristie as 'Mas d'en Roca'. Roca, coincidentally, is also Catalan for stone.

The neighbouring hamlet of Ballanet is mentioned from 865 (villare Avellaneto). The name in Catalan indicates a wood of hazel trees, while Joncet (Juncet in 1371, the oldest form being Vincitellum in 1035) evokes a place where the 'Joncs' or rushes grow. The origin or the name Llonat is more uncertain: the hamlet was called Lunad in 1035, and could correspond to a name of anybody Gallic, Lunos. Lastly, the "lost" hamlet of Roure is related to the presence of the old oak.