Esperanza (given name) explained

Esperanza is a Spanish feminine given name, meaning "hope" or "expectation".^[1]

List of people with the given name Esperanza

Esperanza Aguirre (born 1952), Aristocrat and president of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid since 2003
Esperanza Andrade (born 1949), Secretary of State of Texas
Esperanza Baur (1920–1961), Mexican actress and second wife of John Wayne
Esperanza Cabral, current Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Philippines
Esperanza Guisán, Spanish philosopher
Esperanza Malchi (died 1600), economic agent of the Valide Sultan Safiye
Esperanza Martinez (1934–1998), Mexican painter
Esperanza Osmeña (1896–1978), second wife of Philippine President Sergio Osmeña and is considered the fourth First Lady of the Philippines
Esperanza Perez Padilla (born 1964), better known as Zsa Zsa Padilla, Filipina singer and actress
Esperanza Roy (born 1935), Spanish actress
Esperanza Spalding (born 1984), American multi-instrumentalist best known as a jazz bassist, singer and composer
Esperanza Zambrano (1901-1992), Mexican poet