| Esperance | Fleur | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | hope | Flower |
| Origin | french | french |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | es-peh-RAHNS | FLUR |
| Syllables | 3 | 1 |
| First appeared | 0 | 1926 |
| Peak year | 2025 (8) | 2021 (16) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 11 |
| Trend | Steady | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Esperance | Fleur |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 23 | 64 |
| 2010s | 0 | 92 |
| 2000s | 0 | 26 |
| 1980s | 0 | 15 |
| 1970s | 0 | 49 |
| 1950s | 0 | 5 |
| 1930s | 0 | 6 |
| 1920s | 5 | 13 |
| 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.
Literally the French word for 'flower', from Latin 'flos/floris'. Popularised in English by the character Fleur in Galsworthy's 'The Forsyte Saga'.
Fleur is more popular than Esperance today: about 11 US babies were given the name Fleur in 2025, compared with 0 named Esperance.
Esperance means hope (french origin), while Fleur means Flower (french origin).
In US records, Esperance first appears in 0 and Fleur in 1926, so Esperance has the longer recorded history.