Esperanza

  • [ es-pe-RAHN-thah (Spanish), es-pe-RAHN-sah (Latin American Spanish) ]
  • Spanish
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Sperantia which was derived from sperare "to hope".

EQUIVALENTS
LATE ROMAN: Sperantia
YIDDISH: Shprintza, Shprintze
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
YIDDISH: Shprintzel