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.House of Names
/ref> 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. The name Fontecilla is a

diminutive A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...

of ''fuente'', a

cognate In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymology, etymological ancestor in a proto-language, common parent language. Because language c ...

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 María Mercedes Fontecilla y Fernández de Valdivieso (June 18, 1799 – May 5, 1853) was a First Lady of Chile for less than two months in 1814 through her marriage to José Miguel Carrera. Biography Fontecilla was born to Diego Antonio Font ...

(The 2nd first lady of Chile, 1811–1813). *

José Miguel Carrera Fontecilla José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernac ...

(Chilean revolutionary, 1820–1860) *

Francisco Vargas Fontecilla Francisco Antonio Vargas Fontecilla (Santiago of Chile, April 27, 1824 - ibidem, December 10, 1883) was a Chilean lawyer and Liberal politician. Family He was the son of Benito Vargas Prado and Manuela Fontecilla y Rozas. He contracted m ...

(Chile's Minister of the Interior and Foreign Affairs, 1867–1868).

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile ( es, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores) is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing the foreign policy formulated by ...

. *Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla (Chile's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization, 1889–1890 and 1894–1895). *Aída Laso de Fontecilla (educator and 1932 Guggenheim Fellow). *Ernesto Fontecilla (Chilean artist - 1930s). *Eduardo Fontecilla (1956 Olympic competitor from Chile). *Rafael Fontecilla Riquelme (President of Chile's Supreme Court, 1960–1963) *Rodrigo Fontecilla (Chilean/Venezuelan Chess Master and Venezuelan National Chess Champion, 1979) *Ezequiel Fontecilla (Chilean architect whose famous work includes Templo Parroquial) :es:Los Andes (Chile) *Andrés Fontecilla (Chilean banking business enterprising developer to college Banca Xpress, 2011–2013) * Andrés Fontecilla (Canadian (Quebec) politician, born 1967)

References

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