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View Name: Esperanza


ESPERANZA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Spanish
PRONOUNCED: es-pe-RAHN-thah (Spanish), es-pe-RAHN-sah (Latin American Spanish)   [key]
Meaning & History
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Sperantia which was derived from sperare "to hope".
Related Names
OTHER LANGUAGES: Sperantia (Late Roman), Shprintza, Shprintze, Shprintzel (Yiddish)
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