Seretsüvä was attested in written sources as Жеребцово in 1585–1587, Жеребцова in 1866, Seretsova in 1875, Tseretsova in 1904, Sereptsevo in 1922, Serebtsova in 1923, Seretsuva in 1937, and Seretsyvä in 1997. The name of the village may be derived from the Russianword жеребец 'stallion' or жеребёнок 'foal'.