Fonseca (surname)
Fonseca is a common Portuguese, and Spanish surname. A habitational name from any of several places named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, it comes from Latin fons sicca, meaning "dry well". The name is also common among Sephardic Jews.
| Language(s) | Galician, Portuguese, Spanish, Sinhalese |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | dry well |
| Region of origin | Portugal, Spain, |
People
- Adriana Fonseca (born 1977), Mexican actress
- Alonso III Fonseca (1475-1534), Galician archbishop and politician
- Andrea Fonseka, winner of Miss Malaysia Universe 2004, and actor, television presenter and model
- Angelo da Fonseca (1902-1967), Goan Catholic artist
- Bruno Fonseca (1958-1994), United States artist
- Carlo Fonseka (born 1933), Sri Lankan Sinhalese medical academic
- Carlos Fonseca Amador (1936-1976), Nicaraguan founder of the Sandinistas
- Carlos Fonseca (boxer) (born 1955), Brazilian boxer
- Carolyn De Fonseca (1929-2009), United States actress
- Celso Fonseca (born 1956), Brazilian Samba, Bossa Nova and MPB guitarist and vocalist
- Daniel Fonseca (born 1969), Uruguayan football (soccer) player
- Danny Fonseca (born 1979), Costa Rican football (soccer) player
- David Fonseca (born 1973), Portuguese singer
- Deodoro da Fonseca (1827-1892), first President of the Republic of Brazil
- Duduka da Fonseca (born 1951), Brazilian jazz drummer and band leader
- Édgar Fonseca (born 1981), Colombian road cyclist
- Edison Fonseca (born 1984), Colombian football (soccer) player
- Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel (1751-1799) Italian poet and revolutionary
- Francisco Fonseca (born 1979), Mexican football (soccer) player
- Fumilay Fonseca (born 1988), São Toméan race walker
- Gamini Fonseka (1936-2004), Sri Lankan film actor and politician
- Gampalage Shehan Naveendra De Fonseka Gunawarna Jayasuriya (born 1991) Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
- Gonzalo Fonseca (1922-1997), Uruguayan sculptor
- Graciano Fonseca (born 1974), Colombian road cyclist
- Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca (1855-1923), President of Brazil
- Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605-1693), rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer
- Daniel de Fonseca (1672 - c. 1740), jewish physician.
- Isabel Fonseca (born 1961), American writer
- J. P. de Fonseka (1897-1948), Sri Lankan essayist
- Juan Fernando Fonseca (born 1979), Colombian singer better known under his stagename Fonseca
- Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca, (1451–1524) was a Spanish archbishop, a courtier and bureaucrat,
- Lew Fonseca (1899-1989), American baseball player
- Luis Fonseca (United States Navy) (born 1980), a United States Navy Hospital Corpsman and veteran of the Iraq War
- Luis Fonseca (runner) (born 1977), Venezuelan long-distance runner
- Luis Fonseca (weightlifter) (born 1949), Costa Rican weightlifter
- Lyndsy Fonseca (born 1987), American actress
- Malini Fonseka, Sri Lankan film actress
- Mary L. Fonseca (1915-2005), Massachusetts state senator
- Mervyn Fonseka (1897–1946), Sri Lankan lawyer
- Mohotti Arachchilage Sriyani Kulawansa-Fonseca (born 1970), Sri Lankan Sinhalese Olympic hurdler
- Paulo Fonseca (born 1973), Portuguese football manager
- Peter Fonseca (born 1966), Canadian politician
- Ramón Fonseca Mora (born 1952), Panamanian novelist and attorney
- Roberto Fonseca (born 1975), Cuban jazz pianist
- Roberto Fonseca (football manager) (born 1962), Brazilian football manager
- Rolando Fonseca (born 1974), Costa Rican football (soccer) player
- Ray Fonseca (1953-2010),Professional (Hula) Dancer
- Sarath Fonseka (born 1950), Sri Lankan politician and senior military officer
- Susantha de Fonseka (1900–1963), Sri Lankan statesman
- Todd A. Fonseca (born 1966), American author of juvenile fiction
References
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