The Surnames of the Maltese Islands: An Etymological Dictionary

1419 Militia List 19th century import already attested anglicized form Animarum diocesan census anthroponym apocopated apocopated form Aquilina Arabic blended surname byname Campania Caracausi Casali century import e.g. commonest surname commune Cospicua Cottle derived Electoral List extant in Malta f.n. and surname family name Felice Fiorini form of f.n. form of surname given name Gozo hypocoristic form immigrant originating Irish Italian nickname Italian occupational name Italian personal name Italian place-name Italy Late Lat LNMD Locally the surname Maltese meaning descendant Melegnano Mercieca metonym name or nickname nickname or occupational Noms des Familles OE elements Old local forms Oxford patronymic form perhaps Porto Salvo probably referring province recorded referring to someone Related Eng Related foreign forms Senglea Sicilian Sicily Siculo-Arabic someone who lived Status Animarum diocesan surely a 19th term toponyms Valletta Vitalog Vittoriosa Welsh Wettinger