# Assunta (given name)

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**Assunta** is an Italian feminine given name meaning "assumption". It and another variant, **Maria Assunta** was originated from the **[Assumption of Mary](/source/Assumption_of_Mary)**, one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Notable people with the name include:

## Assunta

- [Arcangelo Felice Assunta Wertmuller von Elgg](/source/Arcangelo_Felice_Assunta_Wertmuller_von_Elgg) (1928–2021), Italian film director and screenwriter
- [Archduchess Assunta of Austria](/source/Archduchess_Assunta_of_Austria) (1902–1993), Austrian princess
- [Assunta Cuyegkeng](/source/Assunta_Cuyegkeng), Filipino professor
- [Assunta De Rossi](/source/Assunta_De_Rossi) (born 1983), Filipino actress
- [Assunta Galeone](/source/Assunta_Galeone) (born 1998), Italian judoka
- [Assunta Legnante](/source/Assunta_Legnante) (born 1978), Italian shot putter
- [Assunta Marchetti](/source/Assunta_Marchetti) (1871–1948), Italian Roman Catholic religious sister
- [Assunta Maresca](/source/Assunta_Maresca) (1935–2021), Italian criminal
- [Assunta Meloni](/source/Assunta_Meloni) (born 1951), Sammarinese politician
- [Assunta Ng](/source/Assunta_Ng) (born 1951/1952), Chinese-American community organizer
- [Assunta Pieralli](/source/Assunta_Pieralli) (1807–1865), Italian poet and teacher
- [Assunta Scutto](/source/Assunta_Scutto) (born 2002), Italian judoka
- [Denise Assunta Coia](/source/Denise_Assunta_Coia) (1952–2020), Scottish psychiatrist and mental health advocate
- [Susanna-Assunta Sansone](/source/Susanna-Assunta_Sansone), British-Italian data scientist

## Maria Assunta

- [Donata Maria Assunta Gottardi](/source/Donata_Maria_Assunta_Gottardi) (born 1950), Italian politician
- [Maria Assunta Chiummariello](/source/Maria_Assunta_Chiummariello) (born 1958), Italian shot putter
- [Maria Assunta Pallotta](/source/Maria_Assunta_Pallotta) (1878–1905), Italian Roman Catholic nun
- [Maria Assunta Pozio](/source/Maria_Assunta_Pozio) (died 2018), Italian mathematician
- [Maria Assunta Accili Sabbatini](/source/Maria_Assunta_Accili_Sabbatini) (born 1955), Italian diplomat

## See also

- [Assunta Hospital](/source/Assunta_Hospital), a first private hospital in Malaysia
- [Assunta Panciatichi](/source/Assunta_Panciatichi), a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Andrea del Sarto
- [Rocco D'Assunta](/source/Rocco_D'Assunta) (1904–1970), Italian actor, comedian and playwright

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