De La Fuente Family History
De La Fuente Surname Meaning
Spanish: topographic name with the preposition de and definite article la ‘from the’ for someone who lived by a spring from fuente ‘fount spring’ (from Latin fons genitive fontis) or a habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain named with this word.
Examples include Fuente Álamo (in Albacete, Jaén, Córdoba, and Murcia provinces), Fuente del Maestre (Badajoz), or Fuente Palmera (Córdoba).
Compare Fuente.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
