Fonseca (surname)

Fonseca / Fonseka

Language(s)	Galician, Portuguese, Spanish, Sinhalese
Origin
Meaning	dry well
Region of origin	Portugal, Spain,

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.

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
• 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