Esperanza (given name)
| Esperanza | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Spanish |
| Meaning | "hope", "expectation" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Hope, Nadezhda, Nadia, Nadine |
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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 Gomez, Colombian actress
- 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
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