MEANING & HISTORY
What does Asuncion mean?
Asuncion is the Philippine unaccented form of Spanish Asunción. The name refers to the Assumption of Mary into heaven.
Its immediate meaning is the Spanish religious noun, not a personal-name compound of separate syllables. A Marian origin explains the tradition without proving the present religious beliefs or family intentions of every person called Asuncion.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From Spanish Asunción.
a female given name
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
3
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Asuncion in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Asuncion
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Asiong♂Familiar form of names such as Ignacio and Nicasio
- Ason♀Familiar form of Asuncion
- Asila♀Of noble origin in the Arabic name tradition
- Assunta♀Taken up; received
- Astrid♀God and beautiful or beloved
- Asyong♂Philippine familiar form of Ignacio and related endings
- Dion♂♀Greek Dion; also a familiar form of Dionysius
- Hilarión♂Cheerful; from Greek Hilarion
What rhymes with Asuncion?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Asuncion
2 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Asuncion (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary: Asuncion (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: asuncio10n (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.
- Wiktionary: Asunción (opens in a new tab)
Exact parent or lexical step in the documented formation; local relationship is supported by the exact name entry.