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Esperanza

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Esperanza: Spanish Meaning of Esperanza: "hope, expectation"
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Esperanza is a Spanish classic finding its way onto the national popularity list. 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 Streetby Sandra Cisneros, about a young Latina growing up in Chicago.

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Esperanza, main character from the book Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Italian Speranza was used as a pen name by Oscar Wilde's mother, Lady Wilde; speranza is also the Italian word for "hope" (e.g. in Dante's Inferno, the gate of hell bears the words Lasciate ogne speranza... "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here")

Nicknames & Variations for Esperanza

Esparanza, Espe, Esperance, Esperans, Esperansa, Esperanta, Esperantia, Esperanz, Esperenza

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