Fonseca

Fonseca was originally a place-based Spanish and Portuguese name for a person who lived near a dried up source or a dried fountain, derived from the Latin fons ( source, fountain ) and sicca (dry).

Bearers of the name

  • Ademilde Fonseca (1921-2012), Brazilian singer
  • Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca (born 1962 ), Mexican priest, auxiliary bishop in Mexico City
  • Alfonso de Fonseca I. († 1454), bishop of Ávila
  • Alfonso de Fonseca II († 1485 ), bishop of Ávila
  • Alonso de Fonseca III. , Spanish archbishop of Compostela
  • Anton Eduard Wollheim da Fonseca (1810-1884), German - Jewish writer, playwright, linguist and diplomat
  • António Bernardo III da Fonseca Moniz, Portuguese Bishop
  • Armindo Fonseca ( b. 1982 ), French cyclist
  • Branquinho da Fonseca (1905-1974), Portuguese writer
  • Carlos Fonseca (1936-1976), founder of the Nicaraguan FSLN Liberation Front
  • Carlos Eduardo Sette Câmara da Fonseca Costa ( born 1949 ), Brazilian diplomat
  • Cosimo Damiano Fonseca ( born 1932 ), Italian medieval historian
  • Daniel Fonseca (born 1969 ), Uruguayan football player
  • Danny Fonseca ( born 1979 ), Costa Rican football player
  • David Fonseca (born 1973 ), Portuguese musicians and singers
  • Duduka da Fonseca ( born 1951 ), Brazilian percussionist
  • Edgar Fonseca ( born 1981 ), Colombian cyclist
  • Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel (1751-1799), Portuguese poet
  • Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca ( born 1925 ), Indian clergyman, Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay
  • Francisco Fonseca ( born 1979 ), Mexican football player
  • Gaspar do Rego da Fonseca, Portuguese Roman Catholic bishop
  • Gonzalo Fonseca (1922-1997), Uruguayan sculptor and painter
  • Henrique Sereno Fonseca ( born 1985 ), Portuguese footballer
  • Hermann da Fonseca - Wollheim (1851-1938), German Rear Admiral
  • Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca (1855-1923), Brazilian marshal, politician, president of Brazil
  • Aboab Isaac da Fonseca (1605-1693), rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer
  • João de Barros Ferreira da Fonseca (1899-1968), Portuguese diplomat
  • Corregedor João da Fonseca (journalist ) ( 1873-1921 ), Portuguese journalist
  • Corregedor João da Fonseca ( politician ) ( born 1938 ), Portuguese politician
  • João Vicente da Fonseca, Patriarch of the East Indies
  • Jorge Carlos Fonseca, Cape Verdean politician
  • José Francisco Montes Fonseca (1830-1888), President of Honduras
  • José Fonseca e Costa ( born 1933), director of the Portuguese film
  • José Henrique Fonseca (born 1964 ), Brazilian director
  • José Manuel Prostes da Fonseca (1933-2013), Portuguese politician
  • José Maria da Fonseca II de Évora, Portuguese Roman Catholic bishop
  • Juan Fernando Fonseca ( born 1979 ), Colombian singer
  • Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca (1640-1716), governor of the Spanish Netherlands
  • Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca (1451-1524), Spanish statesman and bishop
  • Julio Fonseca (1885-1950), Costa Rican composer
  • Juninho Fonseca (born 1958 ), Brazilian footballer
  • Kristina da Fonseca - Wollheim (* 1972), German track and field athlete
  • L. Gonzaga da Fonseca, Catholic author and university teacher
  • Leandro Fonseca ( born 1975 ), Brazilian footballer
  • Leone Maciel Fonseca, Brazilian politicians
  • Lyndsy Fonseca (* 1987), American actress
  • Manuel da Fonseca (1911-1993), Portuguese writer
  • Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (1827-1892), Brazilian President
  • Manuel Pinto de Fonseca (1681-1773), Portuguese Grand Master of the Order of Malta
  • Nelly Fonseca (1920-1963), Peruvian poet
  • Paulo Fonseca (born 1973 ), Portuguese footballer and football coach
  • Pedro da Fonseca (1528-1599), Portuguese philosopher and theologian
  • Rebelo da Fonseca ( 1700 ), Portuguese oenologist, perhaps ancestor of the founder of the wineries José Maria da Fonseca, one of the largest in Portugal
  • Roberto Fonseca ( born 1975 ), Cuban jazz musician
  • Rolando Fonseca ( born 1974 ), Costa Rican football player
  • Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca ( born 1985 ), Portuguese footballer ( Surname: Pires da Fonseca )
  • Rubem Fonseca ( born 1925 ), Brazilian writer
  • Sara Fonseca (born 1978 ), German actress
  • Tomás da Fonseca (1877-1968), Portuguese liberal politician and writer
  • Zélia Fonseca ( born 1960 ), Brazilian guitarist

Others

  • Fonseca (Colombia ), a municipality in La Guajira
  • Fonseca ( cigar ), a Cuban cigar brand
Family name Hermes da Fonseca Isaac Aboab da Fonseca Fonseca (singer) Leandro Fonseca (footballer born 1975) Manuel Pinto da Fonseca Pedro da Fonseca (philosopher)
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