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Asencion

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How to Pronounce Asencion

Pronounced ah-sen-SEE-ohn /ˌɑː.sɛnˈsiː.ɔːn/Low

Meaning: Asencion is a Spanish given name, a spelling of Ascension, taken in devotion from the Christian feast of the Ascension - the rising of Christ into heaven. It comes from the Latin 'ascensio', a rising or ascent. Given to children born near the feast, it honors that holy day.Low

In 30 seconds: Asencion is a Spanish name honoring the Christian feast of the Ascension, from Latin ascensio, a rising up. It stayed rare in the United States, peaking around 1924 (said ah-sen-SEE-ohn).
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Origin MediumSpanish, Latin
MeaningAsencion is a Spanish given name, a spelling of Ascension, taken in devotion from the Christian feast of the Ascension - the rising of Christ into heaven. It comes from the Latin 'ascensio', a rising or ascent. Given to children born near the feast, it honors that holy day.
U.S. rank (2007)#12520 ↘ Falling
2007 U.S. births5 boys (0.00% of U.S. boys)
Peak year1924
Total births (all-time)≈ 379

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 192419122007

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Asencion is a devotional Spanish name from Ascension, the feast marking the Ascension of Christ, from Latin 'ascensio' (a rising). In Spanish-speaking Catholic families it was given to children, often those born around the feast, and carried to the United States as a heritage name. Its record sits within that community in the early and mid twentieth century.

Asencion was never common in the United States, reaching only about twenty boys a year around its high point in 1924, almost entirely in Spanish-heritage families, before fading. A boy named Asencion then would be a great-grandfather today.

Did you know? Names like Asencion belong to a Spanish tradition of honoring a feast of the Church calendar - here the Ascension - so a child might carry the name for being born in that holy season.
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References - Asencion — Spanish feast-name from Ascension (Latin ascensio, a rising)

Variations

AscensionAsuncionAscencion

Nicknames

ChonSencio

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Asencion mean?

It is a Spanish name from Ascension, honoring the Christian feast of the Ascension, from Latin 'ascensio' meaning a rising up.

How do you pronounce Asencion?

It is said ah-sen-SEE-ohn /ˌɑː.sɛnˈsiː.ɔːn/, four syllables with the stress on the third.

Is Asencion a boy or girl name?

Asencion is used here as a boy's name.

How popular is Asencion?

It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-twenties, mostly in Spanish-heritage families.

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