Buttigieg
Buttigieg ( Maltese : [ bʊtːɪd͡ʒɪːt͡ʃ ]) is a Maltese family name . It is derived from Sicilian Arabic أبو الدجاج Abu-d-dajāj (i) ab and denotes a poultry dealer or farmer (from abu "father, master, owner" and dajāj "poultry").
,Buttigieg is the family name of the following people:
- Anton Buttiġieġ (1912–1983), Maltese politician and writer
- Claudette Buttigieg (* 1968), Maltese singer, television presenter and politician
- John Buttigieg (* 1963), Maltese football player and coach
- Joseph A. Buttigieg (1947–2019), Maltese-American literary scholar
- Michele Francesco Buttigieg (1793–1866), Maltese Roman Catholic clergyman and first bishop of Gozo
- Pete Buttigieg (* 1982), American politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, Peter McClure: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland , Oxford University Press, 2016, ISBN 0192527479 , page 402