Given name
Assunta
“one who is raised up”
Assunta is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “one who is raised up.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is raised up.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Assunta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,362
- 0 boys · 1,362 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,220 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Assunta’s family of names
Assunta has a related form in Asunta. Assunta has a related form in Assuntah. Assunta has a related form in Asuntah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Assunta
- Assunta LegnanteItalian Olympic and paralympic shot putterborn 1978
- Assunta ScuttoItalian judokaborn 2002
- Pupetta MarescaItalian criminal (1935–2021)
- Assunta MarchettiItalian nun, co-foundress, blessed1871–1948
- Assunta MeloniCaptain Regent of San Marinoborn 1951
- Assunta de RossiFilipino actressborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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