Buttigieg

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:

  • Anthony Buttigieg (born 1962), Maltese politician
  • Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983), Maltese politician and poet, president of Malta 1976–1981
  • Chasten Buttigieg (né Glezman; born 1989), teacher, husband of Pete Buttigieg
  • 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
  • Pete Buttigieg (born 1982), American politician, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012–2020), 2020 US presidential candidate
  • Ray Buttigieg (born 1955), Maltese poet and musician
  • Robbie Buttigieg (1936–2004), Maltese footballer

References
  1. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, p. 402
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