Save Type Settlement Usage Hungarian Pronounced Pron. /ˈpɛʃt/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Possibly from a Slavic word meaning "cave". This was the name of a city on the east bank of the Danube in Hungary. After a bridge was built across the river in 1849, Pest merged with Buda to form Budapest in 1873. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Surname DescendantsPesti, Pesty(Hungarian)
