Esperanza

Esperanza: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “hope”
Origin: Spanish
Say it: es-peh-RAN-sah · 4 syllables
Used for: Girls

Spanish vocabulary name from esperanza, ultimately from Latin sperare 'to hope'. It is the Spanish equivalent of Hope as a given name.

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How popular is Esperanza?

202475.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Esperanza in 2024249

2024 rank#1,016 girls

Peak year2000

Total US babies since 188020,689

Esperanza has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Esperanza

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Esperanza questions

What does the name Esperanza mean?

Esperanza means "hope". It comes from Spanish. Spanish vocabulary name from esperanza, ultimately from Latin sperare 'to hope'. It is the Spanish equivalent of Hope as a given name.

Is Esperanza a boy or girl name?

Esperanza is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Esperanza?

249 US babies were named Esperanza in 2024. Its peak year was 2000.

How do you pronounce Esperanza?

Esperanza is usually pronounced es-peh-RAN-sah.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.