| Amandine | Esperance | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Much-loved | hope |
| Origin | French | french |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | ah-mahn-DEEN | es-peh-RAHNS |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 1991 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2002 (10) | 2025 (8) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Amandine | Esperance |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 5 | 23 |
| 2010s | 10 | 0 |
| 2000s | 34 | 0 |
| 1990s | 17 | 0 |
| 1920s | 0 | 5 |
| 1910s | 0 | 5 |
Amandine comes from the Latin amanda, “worthy of love, much-loved.”
A French (and Old French) name meaning 'hope', from Latin 'sperantia' / 'sperare' ('to hope'). It also saw some medieval English use as a virtue name.
Amandine and Esperance are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Amandine means Much-loved (French origin), while Esperance means hope (french origin).
In US records, Amandine first appears in 1991 and Esperance in 0, so Esperance has the longer recorded history.