Fontecilla (surname)
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Fontecilla is a family name found in Spain, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, The United States, and Canada.
[edit] Origin
Fontecilla is one of a set of surnames related to or descended from 'Fuentes,' meaning fountains. [1] These names include Fuente, de la Fuente, Fuentecilla, Fuéntez, Fuentez, Font, Fonte, Fontes, Fontecilla, Fontana, Fontano, Fontanal, Fontanales, Fontanals, Fontanella, Fontanet, Fontanillos and many more. [2]
The name Fontecilla is a portmanteau of fonte (Italian for fountain) and cilla (Spanish for chair).
It is a common surname in Chile.
In Santiago, Chile, there is a street named Lo Fontecilla.
[edit] Notable Persons named Fontecilla
- Mercedes Fontecilla (The 2nd first lady of Chile, 1811-1813).[3]
- José Miguel Carrera Fontecilla (Chilean revolutionary, 1820-1860)
- Francisco Vargas Fontecilla (Chile's Minister of the Interior and Foreign Affairs, 1867-1868).[4]
- Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla (Chile's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization, 1889-1890 and 1894-1895).[5]
- Aída Laso de Fontecilla (educator and 1932 Guggenheim Fellow).[6]
- Ernesto Fontecilla (Chilean artist - 1930s).
- Eduardo Fontecilla (1956 olympic competitor from Chile).[7]
- Rafael Fontecilla Riquelme (President of Chile's Supreme Court, 1960-1963)[8]
- Ezequiel Fontecilla (Chilean architect whose famous work includes Templo Parroquial)[9]
