Mendonça

Mendonça is a common Portuguese and Old Galician surname (sometimes anglised versions appear as Mendonca or Mendonsa). The Spanish variant is Mendoza. The name derives from Basque mendi (mountain) and (h)otz (cold), which in turn provides the name for a village in Álava featuring a castle-tower that belonged to a noble family of the Middle Ages. The name may refer to:

General

• Ana de Mendonça, Portuguese mistress of King John II of Portugal
• Carla Mendonça, English actress
• Cristóvão de Mendonça, Portuguese explorer
• Duda Mendonça, Brazilian public relations specialist
• Gaelyn Mendonca, Indian actress
• Gilberto Mendonça Teles, Brazilian writer
• Henrique Lopes de Mendonça, Portuguese poet, playwright and naval officer
• Leroy A. Mendonca, United States Army posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for action in Korea
• Leoni Mendonça, Brazilian Senator and businessman
• Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Portuguese prime minister
• Eneida A. Mendonça, Brazilian-born physician-scientist / biomedical informatician

Musicians

• Eduardo Mendonça, Brazilian musician
• Fabio Borges Mendonça, Brazilian Guitarist
• Kathy Mendonca, United States musician
• Newton Mendonça, Brazilian musician
• Paulo Mendonça, Swedish musician
• Stella Mendonça Mozambican opera singer

Sports

• António Mendonça, Angolan footballer
• Clive Mendonca, English footballer
• Ivor Mendonca, West Indian cricketer
• Jorge Mendonça, Brazilian footballer
• Jorge Alberto Mendonça, Portuguese/Angolan footballer
• Marcelo Mendonça de Mattos, Brazilian footballer
• Romero Mendonça Sobrinho, Brazilian footballer
• Sandro da Silva Mendonça, Brazilian footballer
• Tommy Mendonca, American baseball player

Other

• Mendonça, municipality in São Paulo, Brazil
• Xylia mendoncae, Mozambican legume of the Fabaceae family

See also

• Mendoza (disambiguation), Spanish variant