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Around the globe, هوا (Hua , Hoa , Hwa ) is a common gender-neutral given name. The forename هوا is characteristic of Macao, where it is a common largely girly, but seldom male name, Vietnam, where it is quite a common unisex name, and Hong Kong. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Vietnam, the United States, and China. Likewise, هوا is the last name as well as the forename.
هوا is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hwa Jai , the fictional character from Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters, The King of Fighters XIII; Zhang Hua , the Dream of the Red Chamber character; Hua Helu , the Jin Ping Mei character and Hua Wuque , the character in wuxia fiction, Juedai Shuangjiao.