Given name & surname
Hua
“resembling a flower”
Hua is used as a given name and a surname. One Chinese interpretation is “resembling a flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Chinese interpretation is “resembling a flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Chinese.
How it developed
Probably from Mandarin ^花, from Mandarin 華 (Huà).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Hua’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hua
- Yu HuaChinese writer (1960–)
- Huang HuaChinese revolutionary, politician and diplomat (1913–2010)
- Szeto WahHong Kong politician and teacher (1931-2011)
- Huang HuaChinese badminton playerborn 1969
- Zhang HuaChinese official and poet (232-300)
- Liao HuaShu Han state general (died 264)
- Liang HuaChinese business executiveborn 1964
Characters named Hua: Jia Hua (Romance of the Three Kingdoms).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Hua, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Hoa
“one who is peaceful; resembling a flower”
49% boys · 51% girls
Miyagawa
“shrine river”
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Oki
“from the center of the ocean”
9% boys · 91% girls
鶯
“bird”
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淡海
“light, pale” · “sea”
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Hummaa
“a bird who brings good for tune”
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Huayta
“flower”
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Hudsan
“one who is adventurous; an explorer” · “the son of Hugh; from the river”
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