Given name
Shpresa
“hope”
Shpresa is a feminine given name. It is used in Albanian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shpresa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 512 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Shpresa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Sherese
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Sharyce
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Shawntaye
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