 The name "Zidani Most" literally means 'stone bridge'.The settlement was attested in 1224 as "Lapideo Ponti" (and as "trans Pontem" in 1230, "bey der Gemauertten Prucken" in 1457–61, and "an der Stainen Prukken" in 1470).The name refers to a stone bridge built at the site in 1224 by Leopold VI.