Girl · Spanish (Latin assumptio)
Asunción
Say it: ah-soon-THYON
Meaning
Spanish 'assumption', from the feast of the Assumption of Mary.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Frequent in 19th- and early 20th-century Spain and now rarely chosen.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 198 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 1913, about 1 in 89,200 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Asun, Chona
| Catalan | Assumpció |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Assunção |
| Italian | Assunta |
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Parish baptism registers
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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