- Source: Fontein
Fontein is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "fountain" in modern Dutch, presumably originating with people living near a fountain, source or well. Common spelling variants are Fonteijn, Fonteyn, Fontijn and Fontyn, each pronounced [fɔnˈtɛin] in Dutch. People with this surname include:
Adriaen Fonteyn (1626–1661), Flemish-born Dutch painter
Andrew Fontein (born 1990), American soccer goalkeeper
George Salto Fontein (1890–1963), Dutch chess master
Guido Fonteyn (born 1943), Flemish journalist
Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930), Belgian composer, pianist and music educator
Jan Fontein (1927–2007), Dutch art historian and museum director
Maarten Fontein (born 1952), Dutch football club director
Margot Fonteyn, stage name of Margaret Evelyn de Arias (1919–1991), English ballerina
Mathieu Fonteyn (born 1985), Belgian swimmer
Nouchka Fontijn (born 1987), Dutch boxer, European champion in women's middleweight
Pieter Fontijn (1773–1839), Dutch portrait and miniature painter and drawer
Sam Fonteyn (born Samuel Soden, c. 1925–1991), English composer-pianist
See also
Fontein Cave, a cave in Arikok National Park, Aruba
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Nouchka Fontijn
- Fontein, Kota Raja, Kupang
- Air Mancur Sint-Servaas
- Daftar kecamatan dan kelurahan di Kota Kupang
- Kota Raja, Kupang
- Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein
- Candi Kidal
- Kota Kupang
- Daftar kecamatan dan kelurahan di Nusa Tenggara Timur
- Zanabazar
- Fontein
- Jan Fontein
- Washikemba–Fontein–Onima Important Bird Area
- George Schelto Fontein
- Arikok National Park
- Andrew Fontein
- Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein
- Campbell, South Africa
- Vajrayana
- Johannesburg