Esperanza (given name)

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Esperanza
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameSpanish
Meaning"hope", "expectation"
Other names
Related namesHope, Nadezhda, Nadia, Nadine

Esperanza is a Spanish feminine given name, meaning "hope" or "expectation".[1]

List of people with the given name Esperanza[]

  • Esperanza Aguirre (born 1952), President of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid since 2003
  • Esperanza Andrade (born 1949), Secretary of State of Texas
  • Esperanza Baur (1924–1955), Mexican actress and second wife of John Wayne
  • Esperanza Cabral, current Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Philippines
  • Esperanza Guisán, Spanish philosopher
  • Esperanza Malchi (died 1600), economic agent of the Valide Sultan Safiye
  • Esperanza Martinez (1934–1998), Mexican painter
  • Esperanza Osmeña (1896–1978), second wife of Philippine President Sergio Osmeña and is considered the fourth First Lady of the Philippines
  • Esperanza Roy (born 1935), Spanish actress
  • Esperanza Spalding (born 1984), American multi-instrumentalist best known as a jazz bassist, singer and composer

References[]

  1. ^ Esperanza, Nameberry.com
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