Esperanza

Spanish

"hope, expectation"

Esperanza Origin and Meaning

The name Esperanza is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "hope, expectation".

Esperanza is a Spanish classic that's found its way onto the national popularity list in recent years. It came into the spotlight not long ago when jazz singer Esperanza Spalding "stole" the Best New Artist Grammy from favorite Justin Bieber. It's also the name of the main character in the novel The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, about a young Latina growing up in Chicago.

Esperanza Rank in US Top 1000

# 989 in the US

Popularity of the name Esperanza

• 989 US 2023
• 1577 Nameberry 2024
• 17 Unique 2024
• 249 Mexico 2021

20 Names Similar to Esperanza

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Famous People Named Esperanza

• Esperanza Emily Spalding American jazz singer
• Esperanza Baur Díaz Mexican actress; second wife of actor John Wayne
• Esperanza Aguirre (y Gil de Biedma) Countess of Murillo and Bornos, Grandee of Spain, Spanish politician; former President of Madrid
• Esperanza Escolar Limjap Osmeña, First Lady of the Philippines as wife of President Sergio Osmeña
• Esperanza López Mateos Mexican translator and political activist
• Esperanza Alcantara Icasas Cabral, Filipina politician
• Esperanza Fuentes Roy Spanish actress
• Esperanza Guisán Spanish philosopher
• Esperanza Martínez Mexican painter
• Esperanza "Hope" Andrade American politician from Texas

The name Esperanza in Pop Culture

• Esperanza Ortega main character in "Esperanza Rising" by Pam Munoz Ryan
• Camp Esperanza the impromptu camp in Chile where rescue workers and families worked and prayed together to save 33 miners from a 2010 collapse
• Esperanza Valdez mother of main character Leo Valdez in the 'Heroes of Olympus' book series by Rick Riordan
• Esperanza Cordero main character in "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
• "Esperanza " song by Enrique Iglesias
• Esperanza de la Vega wife of Zorro in "The Mask of Zorro"
• Esperanza mother of Spirit in animated movie "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron"
• Esperanza Estrera main character in Filipino TV series "Esperanza"
• Esperanza "Hope" Roberta Two Two character in the novel "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver
• "Esperanza del Corazón " Mexican telenovela