Assunta (first name)

Assunta (from the Latin participle assumptum to assumere , to / accept or assumptio , to / to take) is an Italian female given name . As is often the case in the Romance-speaking world, it is derived from one of the surnames of the Virgin Mary .

Santa Maria Assunta is the name for Mary who was physically taken into heaven ( Assumption of Mary ). The female first names Annunziata of Maria, who was proclaimed the birth of Jesus by the Archangel Gabriel , Dolorosa of Santa Maria dolorsa (Mary the Sorrowful), Concetta of Immacolata Conceptione della Vergine Maria (Immaculate Conception) were formed according to the same pattern .

Outside of the Romance language area, the name can be found almost exclusively in connection with the first name Maria as Maria Assunta .

Name bearers

• Assunta Spina , a theater and film character by Salvatore Di Giacomo
• Assunta Meloni , a politician from San Marino
• Assunta Legnante , an Italian athlete
• Maria Assunta Nagl , an Austrian ancient historian