Bugeja
Maltese
editEtymology
edit- From the city and port Bejaia in Algeria.
- Possibly also a Maltese form of Sicilian Bug(g)ea, from Ancient Greek βουκαῖος (boukaîos, “cowherd”) (see βουκόλος (boukólos)).
- Also from Italian (Sicilian and Salentine) bbuggia (“poacher's bag”).
Proper noun
editBugeja
- a surname
References
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bugeja”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 248.