-ești
# -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.

## Placenames

### 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
