Named after the rue de Vaugirard, which led to the old village of Vaugirard.
The village name is a corruption of 'Val Gérard', after Gérard de Moret, abbot of Saint-Germain, who developed the hamlet in the 13th century. The station is subtitled Adolphe Chérioux, after the local politician who gave his name to the square in 1935. It opened in 1910.