Esperanza (given name)

Esperanza is a Spanish feminine given name, meaning "hope" or "expectation".

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