Esperanza

Where Esperanza comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Esperanza.

  • Vowel-ended
Esperanza through the years
  1. 1903
    First appearance
    #1,592 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1929
    Peak, #446
    219 babies named Esperanza, its best rank.
  3. 1952
    Esperanza Aguirre, Countess of Bornos born
    Spanish politician and peeress
  4. 1956
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,007.
  5. 1984
    Esperanza Spalding born
    American jazz bassist and singer
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Esperanza Spalding · American jazz bassist and singer, born 1984
  • Esperanza Aguirre, Countess of Bornos · Spanish politician and peeress, born 1952
  • Esperanza Roy · Spanish actress, born 1935
  • Esperanza Gomez · Colombian pornographic actress, born 1980
  • Esperanza Baur · Mexican actress, 1920–1961

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.