Prospero

PROS-per-o
Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese variation of Prosper
"succeed, prosper"
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Prospero Origin and Meaning

The name Prospero is a boy's name of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese origin meaning "succeed, prosper".

Shakespeare's Tempest has kept the name Prospero alive.

20 Names Similar to Prospero

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Famous People Named Prospero

  • Felipe Próspero
    Prince of Asturias; Spanish Crown Prince and the first son of Philip IV of Spain and Mariana of Austria to survive infancy

The name Prospero in Pop Culture

  • Prospero
    sorcerer and Duke of Milan in Shakespeare's The Tempest
  • Prospero
    protagonist of Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord

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