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.

# 989 in the US

Esperanza Rank in US Top 1000

# 1569 on Nameberry

Esperanza Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Esperanza Popularity

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

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