Maltese Name Generator

Maltese given names with the islands' surnames

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Names of the people of Malta and Gozo: full names such as Ġanni Psaila, Tereża Buttigieg and Karl Seychell-Mifsud, given names in their Maltese forms like Ġużeppi and Karmena, and the surnames of the islands from Xuereb to Zerafa.

About Maltese names

Maltese is a Semitic language that grew out of the Arabic once spoken in Sicily and Malta. It is written in the Latin alphabet and has taken in a great deal of Sicilian, Italian and English. English is the second official language, a legacy of British rule from 1800 to 1964, and Italian was an official language until 1934. All three layers show in what people are called.

The stock of surnames is small. A few dozen of them, led by Borg, Camilleri, Vella and Farrugia, cover a large part of the population. Surnames keep older spellings without the dotted letters of modern Maltese, and the x in Xuereb and Xerri sounds like the English sh. Double surnames are common and are written with or without a hyphen.

Given names are mostly saints' names, and each has a Maltese form beside its English or Italian one: Ġużeppi for Joseph, Pawlu for Paul, Karmenu for Carmel, Marija for Mary. Everyday short forms are just as familiar, among them Ċensu for Vinċenz, Wenzu for Lawrenz and Leli for Manwel. On paper many Maltese use the English form, which is why Joseph, Carmel and Saviour sit beside Ġużeppi, Karmenu and Salvu in this list. It pairs given names of all three kinds with Maltese surnames.

How to choose Maltese names

  • Pick the form to suit the scene. Ġużeppi, Karmenu and Marija fit a village feast, a family kitchen or a historical setting, while Joseph, Carmel and Mary are what the same people would sign on an official form.
  • Short forms show closeness. Ċensu, Wenzu, Leli, Ninu and Ċetta are what friends and relatives say, so use them in dialogue and keep Vinċenz, Lawrenz, Manwel, Antnin and Konċetta for formal moments.
  • For a character from Gozo, reach for surnames that are closely tied to the smaller island, such as Rapa, Refalo, Xerri, Bajada and Cefai.
  • Keep the dots when you can. Ġ, Ċ and Ż are separate letters of the Maltese alphabet, and leaving the dot off changes how a name is read. If your font lacks them, the English form of the name is a safer choice than a dotless Maltese one.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce the dotted letters in Maltese names?

Ġ sounds like the j in jam, Ċ like the ch in church and Ż like the z in zebra, while a plain z sounds like ts. X is the English sh and J is the English y. So Ġużeppi starts like Joseph, Ċensu is roughly 'chen-soo' and Xuereb is roughly 'shweh-reb'.

Why do Maltese people have both a Maltese and an English form of their name?

Malta has two official languages, Maltese and English, and saints' names have a settled form in each. Many people, above all in older generations, are registered under the English form and called by the Maltese one at home, so a Joseph may be Ġużeppi, Ġużè or Peppi to his family. That is why this list has Pawlu Mercieca and Tereża Buttigieg beside Paul Ferriggi and Theresa Grech.

Are double surnames common in Malta?

Yes. Some double surnames are old family names handed down whole, and others join the family names of a couple, with a married woman often writing her own surname before her husband's. They appear both with and without a hyphen, as in Noel Debono Attard and Kristina Pace-Grima from this list.

Is this a generator for Maltese dog names?

No. The names here are for people from Malta and Gozo: given names, surnames and full names. For a Maltese dog, the Dog Name Generator or the Puppy Name Generator will serve you better.

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A: 42 names

  • Aaron Tedesco
  • Abigail Cachia
  • Adrian Sciberras
  • Agata Azzopardi
  • Agata Borg
  • Alan Carbonaro
  • Albert Preca
  • Alessandra Caruana
  • Alessandro Rizzo
  • Alessia Galea Zahra
  • Alexander Demicoli
  • Alwiġi
  • Alwiġi Bartolo
  • Amber Depasquale
  • Amy Calamatta-Micallef
  • Andrija
  • Andrija Refalo
  • Andrija Sultana Cassar
  • Anġela
  • Anġela Cannataci
  • Anġela Spiteri
  • Angelo Magro
  • Anġlu
  • Anġlu Cassar Cuschieri
  • Anġlu Grech
  • Anna Cilia
  • Anna Incorvaja
  • Anna Maria Tonna
  • Annalise Testa
  • Anne Marie Abdilla
  • Annunziata Cassar
  • Antnin
  • Antnin Tanti
  • Antnin Vassallo Schembri
  • Antoinette Degabriele
  • Anton Dingli
  • Anton Stellini
  • Assunta
  • Assunta Degabriele
  • Assunta Piscopo
  • Axiaq
  • Azzopardi

B: 15 names

  • Bajada
  • Baldacchino
  • Bastjan
  • Bastjan Magri Mangion
  • Bastjan Sant
  • Bernard Ebejer
  • Bertu
  • Bertu Diacono
  • Bertu Xerri
  • Bettina Consiglio
  • Bezzina
  • Brian Gambin
  • Buhagiar
  • Busuttil
  • Buttigieg

C: 35 names

  • Camenzuli
  • Camilleri
  • Carabott
  • Carmel Bencini
  • Carmela Stivala
  • Carmelina Falzon
  • Ċeċilja
  • Ċeċilja Cassar Decelis
  • Ċeċilja Saliba
  • Cefai
  • Ċensu
  • Ċensu Cardona
  • Ċensu Ciantar
  • Ċetta
  • Ċetta Spiteri
  • Ċetta Stafrace
  • Charlene Caruana
  • Charles Pizzuto
  • Charmaine Scicluna-Cuschieri
  • Chetcuti
  • Chircop
  • Christabelle Cilia
  • Christine Xuereb
  • Christopher Bezzina
  • Ċikku
  • Ċikku Muscat
  • Claire Buttigieg
  • Clarissa Mizzi Agius
  • Claudette Agius
  • Claudio Portelli
  • Clayton Camilleri-Xuereb
  • Concetta Hili
  • Connie Cachia
  • Cuschieri
  • Cutajar

D: 14 names

  • Daniel Polidano
  • Daniela D'Amato
  • Darren Darmanin
  • David Bonnici
  • Debono
  • Dennis Decelis
  • Diane Bajada
  • Doriette Cefai
  • Duminku
  • Duminku Pollacco Xerri
  • Duminku Schembri
  • Dwardu
  • Dwardu Deguara
  • Dwardu Valenzia

E: 12 names

  • Edward Rapa
  • Edwin Farrugia
  • Elizabeth Bartolo
  • Eliżabetta
  • Eliżabetta Agius
  • Eliżabetta Chetcuti
  • Ellul
  • Emanuela Baldacchino
  • Emma Diacono
  • Emmanuel Carabott
  • Enrico Chircop
  • Etienne Dalli

F: 25 names

  • Fabio Xuereb
  • Fabrizio Casha
  • Farrugia
  • Federica Psaila
  • Filippo Demicoli
  • Filippu
  • Filippu Aquilina
  • Filippu Vincenti
  • Filumena
  • Filumena Attard
  • Filumena Darmenia
  • Fortunato Buttigieg
  • Frances Vella
  • Francis Muscat
  • Franco Saydon
  • Franġisk
  • Franġisk Ferriggi
  • Franġisk Sciriha
  • Franġiska
  • Franġiska Mugliett
  • Franġiska Tanti Gambin
  • Frans Zerafa
  • Fredu
  • Fredu Demanuele
  • Fsadni

G: 37 names

  • Gabriel Magro
  • Ġakbu
  • Ġakbu Vassallo
  • Ġanni
  • Ġanni Psaila
  • Gejtu
  • Gejtu Bonavia
  • Gejtu Pirotta
  • George Spagnol
  • Georgina Cardona
  • Gianni Spiteri Ellul
  • Giorgina Fabri
  • Giovanni Farrugia
  • Girgor
  • Girgor Felice
  • Girgor Montebello
  • Giuseppa Gerada
  • Ġlormu
  • Ġlormu Buhagiar
  • Ġlormu Cuschieri
  • Godfrey Pullicino
  • Ġorġ
  • Ġorġ Spagnol
  • Grace Pisani
  • Graziella Farrugia
  • Grazio Brincat
  • Grixti
  • Guido Baldacchino
  • Ġużè
  • Ġużè Tedesco
  • Ġużeppa
  • Ġużeppa Decesare
  • Ġużeppa Micallef
  • Ġużeppi
  • Ġużeppi Anastasi
  • Ġwann
  • Ġwann Frendo

H: 3 names

  • Hannah Schembri
  • Helen Stivala
  • Henry Schembri Cordina

I: 8 names

  • Ian Gatt Fsadni
  • Ines Balzan
  • Injazju
  • Injazju Gatt
  • Injazju Sultana Ripard
  • Isaac Spiteri
  • Isabelle Debattista
  • Ivan Pulis Cutajar

J: 26 names

  • Jacqueline Sultana
  • Jade Inguanez
  • James Azzopardi
  • Jason Caruana
  • Jean Claude Deguara
  • Jean Claude Licari
  • Jean Marc Zahra
  • Jean Paul Ciappara
  • Jean Paul Zammit
  • Jean Pierre Vella
  • Jesmond Galea
  • Joanne Xerri
  • Johann Decesare
  • John Callus
  • John Paul Cumbo
  • John Paul Fabri
  • Jonathan Falzon
  • Jonathan Stafrace
  • Joseph Manduca
  • Josephine Incorvaja
  • Josette Portelli
  • Josianne Mifsud Friggieri
  • Joyce Mercieca
  • Julia Hili
  • Jurgen Schranz
  • Justin Briffa

K: 33 names

  • Kalċidon
  • Kalċidon Said
  • Kalċidon Zahra
  • Karl Seychell-Mifsud
  • Karm
  • Karmen Camenzuli
  • Karmena
  • Karmena Bugeja
  • Karmena Gauci Cacciattolo
  • Karmenu
  • Karmenu Bonaci
  • Karmni
  • Karmni Tanti
  • Karmni Zerafa
  • Katarina Grima
  • Katarina Licari Saliba
  • Keith Abdilla
  • Kelinu
  • Kelinu Azzopardi Axiaq
  • Kelinu Bartolo
  • Kelly Farrugia
  • Kenneth Thake
  • Kevin Chircop
  • Kevin Scicluna
  • Klara Polidano
  • Klara Preca
  • Kola Inguanez
  • Kola Magri
  • Konċetta
  • Konċetta Briffa
  • Krista Chetcuti
  • Kristina Carabott
  • Kristina Pace-Grima

L: 29 names

  • Lara Bondin
  • Lawrence Axiaq
  • Lawrence Chircop
  • Lawrenz
  • Lawrenz Aquilina
  • Lawrenz Pizzuto
  • Leanne Aquilina
  • Leli
  • Leli Scicluna
  • Leli Vella
  • Leonard Gatt
  • Liena
  • Liena Borg Bugeja
  • Liena Zammit
  • Lilian Herrera Zammit
  • Lina Cutajar
  • Lisa Gatt
  • Loredana Galea
  • Lorenzo Callus
  • Lorraine Bonello Ellul
  • Louis Gouder
  • Louise Abela
  • Lourdes Sciberras
  • Luċija
  • Luċija Cutajar
  • Luċija Dimech
  • Luigi Vassallo
  • Luisa Lanzon
  • Luke Theuma

M: 53 names

  • Maddalena Calleja
  • Maddalena Tabone
  • Manwel
  • Manwel Caruana Debrincat
  • Manwel Grima
  • Margerita
  • Margerita Bencini Schembri
  • Margerita Tabona
  • Maria Busuttil
  • Maria Carmela Rausi
  • Maria Dolores Wismayer
  • Maria Pia Laferla
  • Maria Stella Busietta
  • Marie Claire Galdes
  • Marie Therese Portelli
  • Mariella Grixti
  • Marija
  • Marija Cachia
  • Mark Desira
  • Marlene Vassallo
  • Marta Calleja
  • Marta Sansone-Darmanin
  • Marthese Refalo
  • Martin Sacco
  • Martina Magri
  • Marvin Zahra
  • Mary Anne Ganado
  • Mary Fiott
  • Mary Grace Zahra
  • Mary Jane Bezzina
  • Maryanne Cachia Tabone
  • Massimo Pace
  • Mattew
  • Mattew Ciappara
  • Mattew Rausi
  • Matthew Bezzina Galea
  • Maureen Zarb
  • Maya Falzon
  • Melanie Zahra
  • Mercieca
  • Micallef
  • Michael Sammut
  • Michelle Agius
  • Mifsud
  • Mikelina
  • Mikelina Curmi
  • Mikelina Sammut
  • Mikiel
  • Mikiel Chircop
  • Miriam Dimech Schembri
  • Monika Grech
  • Monika Sciortino
  • Mugliett

N: 20 names

  • Naomi Bonello
  • Nardu
  • Nardu Farrugia Coleiro
  • Nardu Thake
  • Natasha Camenzuli
  • Nathalie Azzopardi
  • Nathan Valenzia
  • Nazju
  • Nazju Bonett
  • Nazzareno Darmanin
  • Nicole Aquilina
  • Nicoletta Depasquale
  • Nikola Borg
  • Nikola Carbonaro
  • Nina Ebejer
  • Nina Saliba
  • Ninu
  • Ninu Falzon
  • Ninu Pisani
  • Noel Debono Attard

O: 5 names

  • Oliver Baldacchino Mizzi
  • Oreste Testa
  • Orsla
  • Orsla Fiott
  • Orsla Xiberras

P: 27 names

  • Paola Psaila
  • Patrick Muscat Pisani
  • Paul Ferriggi
  • Pauline Zammit
  • Pawlina
  • Pawlina Bajada
  • Pawlina Parnis
  • Pawlu
  • Pawlu Mercieca
  • Pawlu Sammut
  • Peppi
  • Peppi Dalli
  • Peppi Haber
  • Peter Delicata
  • Pierre Sciberras Mercieca
  • Pietro Bondin
  • Pietru
  • Pietru Camilleri
  • Pietru Rapa
  • Pinu
  • Pinu Delicata
  • Priscilla Vella-Scicluna
  • Psaila
  • Publius Scerri-Xuereb
  • Publju
  • Publju Bonello
  • Publju Busuttil

R: 28 names

  • Rachel Pace Scerri
  • Rafel
  • Rafel Cini
  • Rafel Theuma
  • Raffaele Mizzi
  • Ramona Sciriha
  • Rapa
  • Raymond Magri
  • Rebecca Scicluna
  • Refalo
  • Rita Cremona
  • Rita Mifsud Xuereb
  • Roberto Bonnici
  • Rokku
  • Rokku Micallef
  • Rokku Theuma
  • Romina Soler
  • Rosanne Cacciattolo
  • Rosaria Sultana
  • Rosario Mifsud
  • Rose Marie Portelli
  • Rose Parnis
  • Rosemarie Bonnici-Caruana
  • Roża
  • Roża Mifsud
  • Roża Muscat
  • Ruth Cachia Desira
  • Ryan Spiteri

S: 31 names

  • Sabrina Debono-Cauchi
  • Salvina
  • Salvina Brincat
  • Salvu
  • Salvu Cini
  • Salvu Meli
  • Sandra Busuttil
  • Sandro Sapiano
  • Sarah Laferla
  • Saviour Tonna
  • Saydon
  • Schembri
  • Sciberras
  • Scicluna
  • Sean Mejlak
  • Sharon Stellini
  • Shaun Debattista Agius
  • Silvio Farrugia
  • Simon Rizzo
  • Simone Muscat Sciberras
  • Sonia Galea
  • Stafrace
  • Stanley Cauchi
  • Stella Caruana
  • Stella Mallia
  • Stephanie Mejlak Camilleri
  • Stephen Satariano-Buttigieg
  • Stiefnu
  • Stiefnu Cefai
  • Stiefnu Sapiano
  • Suzanne Camilleri

T: 16 names

  • Tabone
  • Tania Schranz Briffa
  • Tereża
  • Tereża Buttigieg
  • Tereża Delia
  • Tessie Buttigieg
  • Thea Cauchi-Galea
  • Theresa Grech
  • Theuma
  • Thomas Mizzi
  • Timothy Vassallo
  • Toni Cauchi-Xerri
  • Tonio Scicluna
  • Tumas
  • Tumas Zammit
  • Tumas Zarb-Sammut

U: 1 name

  • Ugo Agius

V: 15 names

  • Valentina Gauci
  • Vanessa Cutajar
  • Veronika Scerri Camilleri
  • Veronika Tabone
  • Victor Gafà
  • Victoria D'Amato
  • Vincent Lanzon
  • Vinċenz
  • Vinċenz Bezzina
  • Vinċenz Spiteri-Naudi
  • Vinċenza
  • Vinċenza Attard Sacco
  • Vinċenza Formosa
  • Vittoria Bonello-Grech
  • Vittorio Formosa

W: 11 names

  • Walter Piscopo
  • Wayne Mangion
  • Wenzu
  • Wenzu Caruana Gouder
  • Wenzu Dimech
  • Wiġi
  • Wiġi Manduca
  • William Curmi Fenech
  • Wistin
  • Wistin Borg
  • Wistin Gafà Psaila

X: 6 names

  • Xerri
  • Xiberras
  • Xmun
  • Xmun Azzopardi
  • Xmun Bigeni
  • Xuereb

Y: 1 name

  • Ylenia Bigeni

Z: 7 names

  • Zammit
  • Żaren
  • Żaren Darmanin
  • Żaren Tortell Portelli
  • Żeppi
  • Żeppi Apap
  • Zerafa