Given name & surname

Fontan

Fontan is a surname from Spanish.

Original SpanishFontán

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Fontan comes from Spanish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Spanish Fontán.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Fontan’s family of names

In English usage, Fontan as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Fontán.

Walk Fontan’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Sibling ideas

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