Unfortunately, since Malta is a former British colony, it looks like trendy names popular in the rest of the anglophone world are the norm. A search for “Maltese names” mostly takes me to places that have recommendations for a Maltese dog and not a Maltese child. There are a few scattering of sources that offer one or maybe 2 authentic Maltese names per letter. On top of this, most of them are obvious loan names from Italian or Latin and the few which are indecipherable have no sources anywhere where I can trace the etymology. In the meantime, I have compiled a list of names from Maltese words. I created venacular forms of some common names 😉 Note, notice how many of them look similar to common Arabic or Hebrew names. That is because Maltese is a Semitic language.

Male

• Abjad (white)
• Aħmar (red)
• Arżnu (pine tree)
• Awwisu (August)
• Baħar (sea)
• Bierek (to bless)
• Buq (hollow reed)
• Dallam (to darken)
• Damdim (noise of thunder)
• Dawl (light)
• Deheb (gold)
• Dehin (inspiration)
• Dejjem (always, forever; DAY-yem)
• Dritt (the truth)
• Emin (faithful)
• Feddej (saviour)
• Ġamar (embers, jah-MAR)
• Gardell (goldfinch)
• Ġebel (rocks, stones, JEB-bel)
• Ġdid (new, JDID)
• Ġunju (JOON-yuh)
• Għasfur (bird)
• Għambar (amber)
• Girwiel (sandpiper, GIR-wyel)
• Harrub (carob tree)
• Hellel (to praise)
• Hennej (someone who causes happiness)
• Ħabaq (basil)
• Ħabib (friend)
• Ħaj (alive, KHY)
• Ħaqq (justice)
• Ħelu (sweet, pleasant)
• Ħuttaf (swallow)
• Ikħal (blue)
• Imbierek (blessed, holy)
• Impenn (pledge)
• Injam (timber)
• Iswed (black, IS-wet)
• Iżraq (sky-blue, IZ-rock)
• Kant (singing, songs)
• Kell (crown)
• Klin (rosemary)
• Lellex (to glimmer, LEL-lesh)
• Liebru (hare)
• Masġar (a wood, MAS-jar)
• Milied (christmas, Mih-lyet)
• Nadir (a view, sighting)
• Nemnem (to flicker)
• Qalb (heart)
• Qamar (moon)
• Qamri (related to the moon)
• Qawmien (resurrection, awakening)
• Qawwas (archer)
• Ramel (sand)
• Rammel (to cover with sand)
• Ran (to sing joyfully)
• Raxx (sea spray, RASH)
• Ruħ (spirit, RuKH)
• Sadiq (righteous, virtuous)
• Sam (to fast or abstain)
• Saħħab (to cover with clouds)
• Sajf (summer, SIFE)
• Sliem (peace, SLYEM)
• Tishir (vigil)
• Twemmin (faith, belief)
• Żammar (piper, zahm-MAR)
• Żarġun (sprout, bud, ZAR-jun)
• Żjin (handsome, ZYIN)
• Żrajġen (small shoot, ZRY-jen)

Female

• Ajkla (eagle)
• Arja (air, AR-yah)
• Bajtrija (fig tree, bye-TREE-yah)
• Balluta (oak tree)
• Barka (blessing)
• Bellusija (velvet flower)
• Bekkeja (weeping willow, bek-KAY-yah)
• Bilbla/Blejbla (lark; small lark; BIL-blah, BLEY-blah)
• Bizzilla (lace)
• Borka (wild duck)
• Borra (snow)
• Botna (pistachio)
• Bxara (good news, b-SHAH-rah, sounds similar to Bashira)
• Bżajra (pepper berry, BZYE-rah)
• Ċara (clear, CHAH-rah)
• Dehra (vision)
• Dħulija (courtesy)
• Dinja (world, DIN-yah)
• Dwala (lamp)
• Dwalija (bright, luminous, DWAHL-lee-yah)
• Emiena (faithfulness, eh-MYEH-nah)
• Fawwara (a spring of water)
• Feġġa (shooting star, FEJ-jah)
• Feraħ (to be happy)
• Fidda (silver)
• Flejguta (name of a traditional Maltese flut, flay-GUH-tah)
• Gajdra (oyster)
• Ġawhra (jewel, JAW-rah)
• Ġdida (new, JDID-dah)
• Ġellewża (hazelnut, jel-LOO-za)
• Ġlata (frost, JLAH-tah)
• Ġmajra (small ember, JMYE-rah)
• Gżira (island, GZER-rah)
• Henna (to make someone happy)
• Ħadra (green, KHAH-drah)
• Ħaliba (fig-tree)
• Ħajja (life, pronounced like the Hebrew, Chaya)
• Ħarifa (autumn)
• Ħelwa (sweet, pleasant)
• Ħolma (dream)
• Kaċċa (hunt, KACH-chah)
• Kaħla (blue; sand of a greenish colour, cuckoo)
• Kewkba (a star, KOOK-bah)
• Klila (wreath, k-LIH-lah)
• Knisja (church, KNIS-yah)
• Lejla (night, LAY-lah)
• Lelluxa (chrysanthemum, lel-LOO-shah)
• Liedna (ivy, LYED-nah)
• Longa (a word for sultry summer heat)
• Mergħa (meadow)
• Mintba (hill)
• Mnara (oil lamp)
• Naħla (bee)
• Nida (dew, NIH-dah)
• Nidja (dewdrop, NID-yah)
• Niggieża (bee sting; belladonna; nig-GYEH-zah)
• Papra (duck)
• Purpajna (layer of a vine, per-PIE-nah)
• Qamrija (related to the moon)
• Qarsa (basil-leaved dock, KAR-sah)
• Qasba (reed)
• Qawra (brook)
• Qawsalla (rainbow)
• Qawwara (halo)
• Qoxra (bark, pearl, KOSHE-rah)
• Rabbaba (name of a traditional musical instrument)
• Rebħa (victory, win, triumph, REB-khah)
• Rimja (bud, RIM-yah)
• Sabiħa (beautiful, sah-BEEKH-khah)
• Sabra (patience)
• Safja (pure, SAHF-yah)
• Sbuħa (beauty)
• Sebaħ (to dawn)
• Sebbiela (cluster of flowers)
• Seffuda (wind instrument, sef-FUD-ah)
• Sema (sky)
• Sewda (black)
• Sħaba (cloud, s-KHAH-bah)
• Sħana (warm, s-KHAH-nah)
• Siġra (tree, SIDGE-rah)
• Spera (to hope)
• Stilla (star)
• Strofa (verse)
• Tajra (kite, TYE-rah)
• Talba (prayer)
• Tama/Tiekla (hope)
• Tamra (date palm)
• Tellerita (stone curlew, or chatterbox)
• Tiżhira (blossoming)
• Tletija (Trinity, tleh-TEE-yah)
• Twemmina (faith, belief)
• Tvinċija (victory, triumph, tvin-CHEE-yah)
• Urajda (small rose, uh-RYE-dah)
• Warda (rose)
• Wardija (rose garden, war-DEE-yah)
• Xaħxieħa (poppy, shakh-SHYEK-khah)
• Xmara (river, SHMAR-ah)
• Xemx (sun, SHEMSH)
• Żaftura (tree sap)
• Żahrija (venus, zah-REE-yah)
• Żammara (piper, zam-MAH-rah)
• Żebbuġa (olive, zeb-BOO-jah)
• Żerqa (sky-blue, ZER-kah)
• Żiffa (breeze, ZIF-fah)
• Żilżla (a bolt of thunder, ZILZ-lah)
• Żina (ornament, ZIH-nah)
• Żjara (a visit, ZYAR-ah)
• Żunżana (a wasp, bee, zun-ZAH-nah)