Esperanza (given name)
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Esperanza |
| gender | Female |
| meaning | "hope", "expectation" |
| origin | Spanish |
| related names | Hope, Nadezhda, Nadia, Nadine |
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| name = Esperanza | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Female | meaning = "hope", "expectation" | region = | origin = Spanish | nickname = | related names = Hope, Nadezhda, Nadia, Nadine
Esperanza is a Spanish feminine given name, meaning "hope" or "expectation".
List of people with the given name Esperanza
- Esperanza Aguirre (born 1952), Aristocrat and president of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid since 2003
- Esperanza Andrade (born 1949), Secretary of State of Texas
- Esperanza Baur (1920–1961), Mexican actress and second wife of John Wayne
- Esperanza Cabral, current Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Philippines
- Esperanza García (1975–2025), Spanish lawyer and politician
- 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 Perez Padilla (born 1964), better known as Zsa Zsa Padilla, Filipina singer and actress
- Esperanza Roy (born 1935), Spanish actress
- Esperanza Spalding (born 1984), American multi-instrumentalist best known as a jazz bassist, singer and composer
- Esperanza Zambrano (1901-1992), Mexican poet
References
References
- [http://nameberry.com/babyname/Esperanza Esperanza], Nameberry.com
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