Name Fuente Type Surname (from location) Usage Spanish Pronounced Pron. [ˈfwen̪.t̪e] Other Forms FormsFuentes, De la Fuente, Lafuente Edit Status Status Meaning & History topographic name from fuente "fount, spring" (from Latin fons, genitive fontis), or a habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain named with this word. Cognate to Fontaine and variant of Fuentes and Fontana.