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I like it but I do prefer Esperanza. I came across Esperanza the other day (a v rare name here in the UK) and was just a bit taken with how pretty it was, I don't think Esperance has the same flair.

Esperance is lovely. Both Esperance and Esperanza would make wonderful character names, and I feel Esperance a little more usable for the real world. I much prefer it to Hope. However, if I were to use it I'd use it in the middle. I'll suggest "Essie" or "Perrie" as nicknames. Possibly "Es" as well.

I like it, it sounds like something from a fantasy video game.

I had a boss once named Esperance. She was unmarried, middle-aged and made a point of being tough at all times. Her father had been, I think, the first principal of the local teacher-training college, and one of its residences for female students was Esperance House, after her. She never had a nickname that I ever heard or heard of.

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I prefer Esperance to Hope, but not nearly enough to consider using it.

dont like it at all.

Esperance is mystical and lovely. It's far better than Hope, which I've always found thuddingly ugly.

Eh, I favor Esperanza, sorry. To me it sounds more "hopeful," while Esperance sounds cold and prim and faux-poetic to me, like the obsolete English noun that it is. Also it sounds a bit like the words desperate and prance. However, I agree it is prettier than Hope.
I could like Sperantia or Esperantia.

I love it, and it would make a spectacular name for a naval vessel.