Fonseca (surname)

Fonseca
	Coat of arms associated to Fonseca
Language(s)	Portuguese, Spanish
Origin
Meaning	dry well
Region of origin	Portugal, Spain
Other names
Variant form(s)	Fonseka, Afonseca, Affonseca, de Fonseca, de Afonseca, de Affonseca, D'Afonseca, D'Affonseca

da Fonseca is a surname of Portuguese and later also Spanish origin. A feudal lordship name from a place 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.

Fonseca or Fonseka may refer to:

People[]

Adriana Fonseca (born 1977), Mexican actress
Alonso III Fonseca (1475–1534), Galician archbishop and politician
Andrea Fonseka, Malaysian actor, television presenter and model and winner of Miss Malaysia Universe 2004
Angelo da Fonseca (1902–1967), Indian artist
Bruno Fonseca (1958–1994), American painter and sculptor
Carlo Fonseka (1933–2019), Sri Lankan medical academic
Carlos Fonseca Amador (1936–1976), Nicaraguan founder of the Sandinistas
Carlos Fonseca (boxer) (born 1955), Brazilian boxer
Carolyn De Fonseca (1929–2009), American film and voice actress
Celso Fonseca (born 1956), Brazilian samba, bossa nova and música popular brasileira guitarist and vocalist
Cholomondeley de Fonseka Goonewardene (1917-2006), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist politician
Cleonâncio Fonseca (1936–2021), Brazilian politician
Daniel Fonseca (born 1969), Uruguayan football (soccer) player
Daniel de Fonseca (1672–c. 1740), Jewish court physician and courtier in Europe
Daniele Fonseca, birth name of Italian unification leader Daniele Manin (1804–1857)
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), Neapolitan poet and revolutionary
Eugene Reginald de Fonseka (died 2003), puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Flor Isava Fonseca (1921–2020), Venezuelan sportswoman and writer
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, full name of Sri Lankan cricketer Shehan Jayasuriya (born 1991)
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 in Europe and South America
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 stage name Fonseca
Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca, (1451–1524), Spanish archbishop, courtier and bureaucrat
Lew Fonseca (1899–1989), American baseball player
Luis Fonseca (United States Navy) (born 1980), a United States Navy hospital corpsman and hero 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 television and film actress
Malini Fonseka, Sri Lankan film actress
Mary L. Fonseca (1915–2005), American politician and Massachusetts state senator
Mervyn Fonseka (1897–1946), Sri Lankan lawyer
Mohotti Arachchilage Sriyani Kulawansa-Fonseca, full name of Sri Lankan Olympic hurdler Sriyani Kulawansa (born 1970)
Paulo Fonseca (born 1973), Portuguese football (soccer) 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), American 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
M. Walter Fonseka Abeykoon, Sri Lanka Inspector-General of Police from 1959-1963

References[]

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