-ești

The suffix -ești (pronounced, sometimes changed to -ăști ) is widespread in Romanian placenames. It is the plural of the possessive suffix -escu, formerly used for patronyms and currently widespread in family names. Obsolete spellings are -esci and -eșci, used for a few decades until the beginning of the 20th century.

Overall, this ending is part of the names of 14.8% of the Romanian towns and villages (2,038 out of 13,724) and 11.4% of the Moldovan towns and villages (144 out of 1,254). In some areas in Romania, more than half of the placenames have this suffix.

Romania

 * Brănești
 * Bucureșci, Hunedoara County
 * București (Bucharest)
 * Comănești
 * Dărăști-Ilfov, Ilfov County
 * Fetești
 * Mărășești
 * Moinești
 * Negrești-Oaș
 * Onești
 * Pitești
 * Ploiești
 * Scornicești
 * Zărnești

Moldova

 * Fălești
 * Florești
 * Hîncești
 * Mălăiești, Transnistria
 * Șoldănești
 * Telenești
 * Vulcănești