The Maja Jezercë is the Albanian name, which is derived from north dialect of Albania, probably more specifically from North dialect of Tropoja wikt:jezer (Fog), and Albanian word maja (top or peak), meaning peak of Fog. In Slavic languages, including Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian, Jezerski Vrh means lake peak. The toponym refers to the cirque lakes in the lower part of the Buni i Jezercës on the northern side of the mountain. During the Communist era in Albania it was given the name of Maja e Rinisë (Mountain of Youth), which never stuck.