The Chaussée de la Muette is named after the Château de la Muette, which was converted from a hunting lodge to a small castle for Margaret of Valois, the first wife of King Henry IV of France.

It may have derived from "muete", a spelling which appears frequently up to the end of the eighteenth century, and which signifies a pack of deer-hounds (meute); it may have come from the "mues" or horns which stags shed in the autumn; or again from the "mue" or moulting-period of hunting hawks.

Established at ground level, the ceiling is made up of a metal deck, whose silver-coloured beams are supported by vertical walls.

White bevelled ceramic tiles cover the walls, the tunnel exits and the shaft staircase surrounds giving access to the RER.

The metal advertising frames are inclined, and the name of the station is inscribed in Parisine font on enamelled plaques.