Save Gender Feminine Usage French Pronounced Pron. /ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s/ [key·simplify] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links French cognate of Esperanza, currently most common in Francophone Africa. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesEsperança(Catalan) Esperanta(Esperanto) Speranza(Italian) Sperantia(Late Roman) Esperança(Portuguese) Esperanza(Spanish) User SubmissionEsperance PopularityDetails Last ranked #475 in 1938 (f) #487 in 1916 (m) France Categories artists, hope, lawyers, painters, politics, printmakers, virtues