Last name ESPERANCE: origin and meaning

Esperance : 1: Haitian (Espérance): nickname from French espérance ‘hope’. Compare Lesperance.2: French (Espérance): from the female personal name Espérance meaning hope in French being translated from the Latin name Sperantia. In France this surname is rare found mainly in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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Update: 2024-08-23