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 (born 1989), American author, educator, activist
- 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, 19th US Secretary of Transportation
- Ray Buttigieg (born 1955), Maltese poet and musician
- Robbie Buttigieg (1936–2004), Maltese footballer
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