| Fleur | Esperance | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Flower | hope |
| Origin | french | french |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | FLUR | es-peh-RAHNS |
| Syllables | 1 | 3 |
| First appeared | 1926 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2021 (16) | 2025 (8) |
| In 2025 | 11 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Fleur | Esperance |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 64 | 23 |
| 2010s | 92 | 0 |
| 2000s | 26 | 0 |
| 1980s | 15 | 0 |
| 1970s | 49 | 0 |
| 1950s | 5 | 0 |
| 1930s | 6 | 0 |
| 1920s | 13 | 5 |
| 1910s | 0 | 5 |
Literally the French word for 'flower', from Latin 'flos/floris'. Popularised in English by the character Fleur in Galsworthy's 'The Forsyte Saga'.
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.
Fleur is more popular than Esperance today: about 11 US babies were given the name Fleur in 2025, compared with 0 named Esperance.
Fleur means Flower (french origin), while Esperance means hope (french origin).
In US records, Fleur first appears in 1926 and Esperance in 0, so Esperance has the longer recorded history.