Speranza

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10/6/2024, 9:08 PM Mike C speranza added (from user-submitted name 18600)
2/22/2018, 9:32 AM Frollein Gladys 18600
6/7/2016, 5:54 PM Frollein Gladys 18600
4/30/2016, 2:26 PM Frollein Gladys 18600
11/20/2012, 2:14 AM SeaHorse15 18600
7/23/2012, 4:19 AM SeaHorse15 18600
1/15/2008, 9:12 AM anonymous

Gender Feminine
Usage Italian
Pronounced Pron. /spe.ˈran.t͡sa/

Meaning & History

Italian cognate of Esperanza. Edmund Spenser used it in his epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590) for the sister of Fidelia. It was also assumed as a pen name by the Irish poet Lady Wilde (1821-1896), the mother of Oscar Wilde.