Buttigieg

Maltese pronunciation of Buttigieg
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Buttigieg (Maltese: Buttiġieġ [bʊtːɪd͡ʒɪːt͡ʃ]) is a Maltese surname, derived from Sicilian Arabic أبو الدجاج Abu-d-dajāj(i), meaning 'chicken owner, poulterer' (literally 'father of chickens').[1] People with the name include:

  • Albert Buttigieg (fl. 2020s), Maltese politician
  • Anthony Buttigieg (born 1962), Maltese politician
  • Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983), Maltese politician and poet, president of Malta 1976–1981
  • Chasten Buttigieg (born 1989), American author, educator, activist
  • Claudette Buttigieg (born 1968), Maltese politician
  • John Buttigieg (born 1963), Maltese footballer
  • John Buttigieg (born 1977), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Joseph Buttigieg (1947–2019), Maltese-American literary scholar, professor and translator
  • Mark Buttigieg (born 1966), Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
  • Michael Franciscus Buttigieg (1793–1866), Maltese priest, Bishop of Gozo
  • Norman Buttigieg, (born 1956), Maltese footballer
  • Pete Buttigieg (born 1982), American politician
  • Ray Buttigieg (born 1955), Maltese poet and musician
  • Rebecca Buttigieg (born 1993), Maltese politician
  • Robbie Buttigieg (1936–2004), Maltese footballer
  • Simone Buttigieg (born 1994), Maltese footballer

References

  1. ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, p. 402
Surname list
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