Da Ponte

Da Ponte or dal Ponte is a topographic byname/surnameIris Shagrir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", In Laudem Hierosolymitani (Shagrir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59; [https://books.google.com/books?id=AXiNOmp6wIcC&pg=PA55 p.55] literally meaning "from the bridge". Notable people with the name include:

• Antonio da Ponte (1512–1597), Venetian architect and engineer
• Duarte da Ponte Ribeiro (1795—1878), Portuguese-Brazilian physician and diplomat
• Enzo da Ponte
• Daniel Da Ponte
• Duarte da Ponte Ribeiro
• Durant da Ponte
• Francesco da Ponte
• Giovanni da Ponte:
• Giovanni Battista da Ponte
• Giovanni Maironi da Ponte
• Giovanni da Santo Stefano da Ponte
• Giovanni dal Ponte
• Girolamo da Ponte
• José Maria da Ponte e Horta
• Leandro da Ponte Bassano
• Lorenzo Da Ponte
• Nicolò da Ponte
• Pietro Antonio Da Ponte
• Rodolfo da Ponte
• Vincenta Da Ponte