Hua (surname)

Hua is a common transliteration for some Chinese surnames, of which the most common ones are 華/华 and 花. The Cantonese romanizations for 華 and 花 are Wah and Fa, respectively. 華, when pronounced in the fourth tone in Mandarin, is exclusively used in the name of Mount Hua and as a surname. The usual pronunciation of 華 is huá, which literally means "prosper" and is used as a reference to the Chinese people. On the other hand, 花 literally means "flower".

Huà (华 / 華)
It is listed 28th on the Song dynasty-era Hundred Family Surnames.
 * Hua Gang, Chinese educator.
 * Hua Guofeng, Chinese politician, born as Su Zhu.
 * Hua Jianmin, Chinese politician.
 * Hua Lefong, Canadian chess player.
 * Hua Luogeng, Chinese mathematician.
 * Hua Sui (1439–1513), Chinese scholar and printer.
 * Hua Tuo (140–208), Chinese physician.
 * Hua Xin (157–231), former official of Sun Quan and Minister of Cao Wei
 * Hua Xiong (died 191), general under Warlord Dong Zhuo.
 * Hua Yanjun (1893–1950), Chinese musician, also known as "Abing".
 * Hua Chenyu, Chinese singer and songwriter.

Huā (花)
It is the 55th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.


 * Hua Mulan, ancient Chinese legendary woman warrior.
 * According to History of Ming, her family name is Zhu (朱), while the History of Qing says it is Wei (魏).
 * Hua Rong, fictional character in Water Margin.
 * Hua Qianfang (花千芳), writer, social commentator.