Crest Submitted by Joseph Victor & Pauline Rizzo
Crest Submitted by Manuel Psaila
My father once told me that in olden times,
the prefix BU meant OWNER and since TIGIEG means Chickens,
they used to be called "owners of chickens".
Then the version of BU TIGIEG was joined and it became BUTTIGIEG.
Maybe that is why the painting I have has only ONE "T" on it!!!!
I do not know if this is the true origin of the name.
Submitted by Alex "The Sharkman" Buttigieg
I am a Buttigieg from Izmir,Turkey. My greatgreatgrand father came from
Gozo Malta and must have setled in Izmir at about 1870.
The Buttigieg crest that I have on it it has the blue sky a white star
of David under neath ther is a gold stipe and under the stripe there is
a purple sea a barrel and on the barel a rooster.
As for the surname I was told by my family that Butti stand for head or
leader and gieg is chicken. Aperently in the Maltese language which you
know beter then me there is not the word of rooster so when you combine
Butti and GGieg it means rooster. That's my part of story.
Submitted by A W Buttigieg
Download an antique picture which is
considered to be the official BUTTIGIEG Coat Of Arms
Submitted by Frank X Buttigieg
In arabic the word ABU can either mean "father" or "the one who possesses". A person who sports beard is called ABU DIQNA, and if one is very talkative gets the nick-name of ABU KALAAM. In the Maltese language the A of ABU is dropped and we find a variety of words and surnames starting with BU e.g. Buhagiar (surname), Bubaqra topographical name), buras (a nickname). BUTTIGIEG in my humble opinion would therefore be the corruption of the Arabic ABU DAJAAJ where the word DAJAAJ means "chickens" or, better still, their grown up version i.e. "hens"(TIGIEG in Maltese).
Submitted by Joe Buttigieg
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- Adrian.R.Buttigieg - (Underwater Photographer)
- Anton Buttigieg - (Second President of the Republic of Malta)
- Anthony, Marquis Buttigieg De Piro - (1932-)
- Anthony Phillip Buttigieg - (Owner of the only 1936 model Fiat 500A Topolino in Australia)
- Alex 'The Sharkman' Buttigieg - (Diving Instructor & Great White Shark Protector)
- Charlie Buttigieg - (Maltese goalie who played for the Hamrun Spartans in the 60s his nick name was Para Para.
He emigrated to Australia in 1967 and also played for George Cross Melbourne)
- Frédéric Buttigieg - (French powerlifter, squat 350 kg, bench 235 kg deadlift 310 kg. World junior Champion 1987)
- Gaetano Buttigieg - better known as GEJTU KANTA - famous mostly in the 50s and 60s for his songs in the Maltese language (he published 20 books with his works) and his radio programme 'Is-siegha tal-morda'. Recently, his talent was recognised in Malta when in a university ceremony he received a reward for encouraging maltese song writing.
- Giovanni Buttigieg -
(National Co-ordinator of the Euro-Mediterranean Youth Action Programme since its beginning in 1999. Created the National Science Popularisation Programme within the Malta Council for Science and Technology. Founded the National Annual Science and Technology Week in 1995.
- Miss Michelle Buttigieg - (1996 Miss Luqa, Miss Malta)
- Paul Buttigieg - (Played with the Maltese National Soccer team in the 60's and for the Maltese club Hamrun Spartans)
- Stephen Buttigieg - (Business Entrepreneur - Very successful Business owner ( Director ) for several Companies around the world.
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