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Around the globe, Просперо (Prospero , Просперо ) is a common male given name. The given name Просперо is habitual in Peru, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Italy, and Argentina. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Mexico, Italy, and Peru. Likewise, Просперо is the last name as well as the forename.
Просперо is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Prospero , the character in Shakespeare's The Tempest; Prospero , the operatic character in the opera Il curioso indiscreto by Pasquale Anfossi; Clorinda's maggiordomo; Prospero , the operatic character in the opera Die Zauberinsel and Prospero , the operatic character in the opera Un re in ascolto by Luciano Berio; an impresario and the title character.