Speranza

speh-RAN-tzah

Judeo-Italian

"hope"

Speranza Origin and Meaning

The name Speranza is a girl's name meaning "hope".

The 19th-century Irish poet Jane Wilde (mother of Oscar Wilde) adopted Speranza as her nom de plume. The name also appears in Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, as one of the three virtues: Fidelia (Faith), Speranza (Hope), and Charissa (Charity) — daughters of Caelia (Heavenly). Related to Esperance (French) and Esperanza (Spanish).

Speranza was a traditional name in the Italian Jewish community.