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