Crazy Maltese House names 2

As I drive along the streets I often come across absurd house names. I see so many of these that I just couldn't help writing a second post about them. Some are plain ridiculous while others make you scratch your head in bafflement. Take these names below for example..

"Don't worry!" Who said I was worried?


Excuse me??!! Could it be a slang version of the Maltese word for 'fart'?? Please note their correction of house number. Oh my!

AAh! Did the owner win this house?

Do they have a pink kitchen? Pink bathroom, pink toiletpaper? Do they like strawberry ice-cream? Do they have pink cars? Do they chew pink bubble-gum only? Do they watch pink panther only? Do they love singer Pink only? The questions never cease...

Cookies anyone?

Apart from the horrendous spelling of the actual phrase 'Jaghli ghax jisbah' it's actually an idiom often referred to lazy people who get frustrated each time the sun rises cos that means another day of work. Can you imagine someone calling his house so? I just can't imagine why he took the painstaking effort to hang this large name plate on his house. Too much thought exerted in choosing this name, and too much hassle to nail this large plate on the wall.

Crazy Maltese House Names 1

We, Maltese have some fascinating customs and reasons behind the selection of our house names. One custom is that of naming one's house using the first part of the Christian names of the partners who own that house. Here are some examples:

'Marton'- Mary and Tony
'Josmar' - Joseph and Mary
'Carvin' -Carmen and Vince
'Charldor'- Charles and Doreen

Incidentally, DJ Bundy, a local DJ, once mentioned that there is a house in Zurrieq which was named "Condom" which we hopefully assume stands for the names of the proprietors rather than some kind of fetish for rubbery stuff. Some people can be so dumb at times.

Another custom is to find house names which are based on religious beliefs. Religious observance in Malta is strong and has been so for many centuries. Most of these house names usually bear the name of the proprietors' favourite patron saint or that of the patron saint of the village. For example if you go to Qormi you'll see lots of 'St Georges' and 'St Sebastians'. In Zabbar you will find many houses named 'Madonna tal-Grazzja'.

Then there are those houses which are named 'God Bless Australia', 'America' or 'Canada'. These reflect the migration of the Maltese to the above mentioned countries and the successful life they once bore.

And then, there are the plain weird ones of which I'm building a collection. Here are the first few.



Hmm the owner needs to brush up his French. I guess it should have been Mère de Grâce.



Did you know that St Joseph had a surname? It was Falzon!



A little demon in the house?? Short for Important?



Here's an example of the first custom I mentioned ...but pet's name has been also included.



Time Travellers robbed of their unknown future, maybe?

And last but not least, I couldn't help taking a photo of this hilarious plate. It does give you a sense of welcome, doesn't it?