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 [fɔnˈtɛi̯n] in Dutch.[1] People with this surname include:

* Adriaen Fonteyn [it] (1526–1661), Flemish-born Dutch painter
* Andrew Fontein (born 1990), American soccer goalkeeper
* George Salto Fontein (1890–1963), Dutch chess master
* Guido Fonteyn [fr; li; nl] (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[edit]

* Fontein Cave [de; es], a cave in Arikok National Park, Aruba

## References[edit]

1. ^ Fontijn at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands

Surname list

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