Fontecilla

Fontecilla is a family name found in Spain, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, The United States, and Canada.

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.^[1]

The name Fontecilla is a diminutive of fuente, a cognate of fountain.

It is an common surname in Chile and Italy (Torino).

In Santiago, Chile, there is a street named La Fontecilla.

Notable Persons named Fontecilla

• Mercedes Fontecilla (The 2nd first lady of Chile, 1811–1813).^[2]
• José Miguel Carrera Fontecilla (Chilean revolutionary, 1820–1860)
• Francisco Vargas Fontecilla (Chile's Minister of the Interior and Foreign Affairs, 1867–1868).^[3]
• Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla (Chile's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization, 1889–1890 and 1894–1895).^[3]
• Aída Laso de Fontecilla (educator and 1932 Guggenheim Fellow).^[4]
• Ernesto Fontecilla (Chilean artist - 1930s).
• Eduardo Fontecilla (1956 Olympic competitor from Chile).^[5]
• Rafael Fontecilla Riquelme (President of Chile's Supreme Court, 1960–1963)^[6]
• Ezequiel Fontecilla (Chilean architect whose famous work includes Templo Parroquial)^[7]
• Andrés Fontecilla (Chilean banking business enterprising developer to college Banca Xpress, 2011-2013)

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 House of Names
2. ↑ First Ladies of Chile.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile.
4. ↑ List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1932.
5. ↑ Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
6. ↑ Corte Suprema de Justicia
7. ↑ es:Los Andes (Chile)