Hua
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: Alternative form of hooer
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈhuə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hua is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CNChina≈1 in 2.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 7.5K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 9.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 331 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈560,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Chinese one source of the name is Hua mountain, from the time of the Xia dynasty (2205-1766 BC). Also, during the Zhou dynasty (1122-221 BC), a duke of the state of Song enfeoffed the city of Hua to his son, whose descendants adopted the name of the city as their surname. Hua also means ‘China’ or ‘Chinese’ in a broad sense, as in ‘Chinese culture’ or ‘the Chinese people’.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
How Hua is read(measured from records)
Hua is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English41%
Alternative form of hooer.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Chinese29%
nonstandard spelling of huā
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Vietnamese7.1%
maggot found in fermented sauce
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Malay6.5%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Hua in Malay.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hua counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈560,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Hua | 79 |
| US United States | — | 4,484 | 1 in 74K | 8.1K | Hua | 331 |
| MY Malaysia | #601 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Hua | 61 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 63K | — | Hua | 104 |
| AU Australia | #980 | ≈810 est. | ≈1 in 32K | 1 | Hua | 147 |
| SG Singapore | #571 | ≈640 est. | ≈1 in 9.8K | — | Hua | 82 |
| JM Jamaica | #433 | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Hua | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hua is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Chinese one source of the name is Hua mountain, from the time of the Xia dynasty (2205-1766 BC). Also, during the Zhou dynasty (1122-221 BC), a duke of the state of Song enfeoffed the city of Hua to his son, whose descendants adopted the name of the city as their surname. Hua also means ‘China’ or ‘Chinese’ in a broad sense, as in ‘Chinese culture’ or ‘the Chinese people’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Wu Wang, who established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, granted the state of Hua along with the title of Earl to a subject. Descendants of this Earl of Hua adopted Hua as their surname. This character for Hua also means ‘slippery’ or ‘smooth’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
there is another Chinese name romanized as Hua, whose origins are not clear, but it is apparent that the name came into common use beginning with the Tang dynasty (618907). This character for Hua also means ‘flower’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Zhang Huab. 232CNChinese official and poet (232-300)
- Huang Huab. 1913CNChinese revolutionary, politician and diplomat (1913–2010)
- Szeto Wahb. 1931CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong politician and teacher (1931-2011)
- Shen Zhihuab. 1950CNnot in their usual nameChinese historian
- Lin Shaohuab. 1952CNnot in their usual nameChinese translator
- Yu Huab. 1960CNChinese writer (1960–)
- Liang Huab. 1964CNChinese business executive
- Huang Huab. 1969CNChinese badminton player
- Li Qianhuab. 2002CNnot in their usual nameChinese ice hockey player
- Liao HuaCNShu Han state general (died 264)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 49 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 8.1K | #4,221 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 6.9K | #5,052 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 5.3K | #6,005 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Hua come from?
- Chinese one source of the name is Hua mountain, from the time of the Xia dynasty (2205-1766 BC). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Hua?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhuə/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Hua mean?
- In English, Alternative form of hooer.
- Is Hua a male or female name?
- Hua is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What are other forms of the name Hua?
- In the etymology graph, Hoa is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Hua have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 564 thousand people named Hua in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hua.
- How common is the name Hua?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,484 people named Hua in 2020, about 1 in 74 thousand residents.
- How common is Hua compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Hua is the 433rd most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/huaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hua” — the 433rd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.