Fonseca (surname)
| Fonseca | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | dry well |
| Language(s) of origin | Romance |
Fonseca is a common Portuguese and Galician surname, while the variation Fonseka is common in Sri Lanka after Portuguese presence. A habitational name from any of several places named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, it comes from Latin fōns siccus, meaning "dry well". The name is also common among Sephardic Jews.
People
- Adriana Fonseca, 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
- Carlos Fonseca Amador, Nicaraguan founder of the Sandinistas
- Carlos Fonseca (boxer), Brazilian boxer
- Carolyn De Fonseca, United States actress
- Celso Fonseca, Brazilian Samba, Bossa Nova and MPB guitarist and vocalist
- Daniel Fonseca, Uruguayan football (soccer) player
- Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican football (soccer) player
- David Fonseca, Portuguese singer
- Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of the Republic of Brazil
- Duduka da Fonseca, Brazilian jazz drummer and band leader
- Édgar Fonseca, Colombian road cyclist
- Edison Fonseca, Colombian football (soccer) player
- Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel (1751-1799) Italian poet and revolutionary
- Evan Fonseca, American comedy writer and actor
- Francisco Fonseca, Mexican football (soccer) player
- Fumilay Fonseca, São Toméan race walker
- Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan film actor and politician.
- Gonzalo Fonseca, Uruguayan sculptor
- Graciano Fonseca, Colombian road cyclist
- Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca, President of Brazil
- Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605-1693), rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer
- Isabel Fonseca, American writer
- J. P. de Fonseka, Sri Lankan essayist
- Juan Fernando Fonseca (born 1979), Colombian singer better known under his stagename Fonseca
- Lew Fonseca, American baseball player
- Luis Fonseca, a United States Navy Hospital Corpsman and veteran of the Iraq War
- Luis Fonseca (athlete), Venezuelan long-distance runner
- Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
- Malini Fonseka, Sri Lankan film actress
- Mervyn Fonseka, Sri Lankan lawyer
- Paulo Fonseca, Portuguese football manager
- Peter Fonseca, Canadian politician
- Ramón Fonseca Mora (born 1952), Panamanian novelist and co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, subject of the Panama Papers
- Roberto Fonseca, Cuban jazz pianist
- Rolando Fonseca, Costa Rican football (soccer) player
- Sarath Fonseka, Former General and the Commander of Sri Lankan Army, Chief of Defense staff of the Sri Lankan Tri Forces, and later a Sri Lankan presidential candidate
- Susantha de Fonseka, Sri Lankan statesman
- Tiago Cardoso Fonseca, Brazilian footballer
- Todd A. Fonseca, American author of juvenile fiction
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