Fontecilla is a family name found in Spain, Italy, 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 a 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]
  • Rodrigo Fontecilla (Chilean/Venezuelan Chess Master and Venezuelan National Chess Champion, 1979)
  • Ezequiel Fontecilla (Chilean architect whose famous work includes Templo Parroquial)[7]
  • Andrés Fontecilla (Chilean banking business enterprising developer to college Banca Xpress, 2011–2013)
  • Andrés Fontecilla (Canadian (Quebec) politician, born 1967)

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