Li Hua as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Li Hua

What is the meaning of the name Li Hua ?

The baby name Li Hua is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Pinyin (common): Lǐ Huá (李华, /li3 xwa2/) or Lì Huá (丽华, /li4 xwa2/). Romanizations: Li Hua, Lihua, Li-hua..

Li Hua is Chinese in Origin.

Li Hua is a Mandarin Chinese name in pinyin. As a given name, Lihua often combines characters such as 丽/麗 “beautiful, elegant” with 华/華 “splendor; China,” yielding “beautiful splendor” or “elegant glory.” Other pairings occur, e.g., 莉花 “jasmine flower” or 李花 “plum blossom,” so the meaning depends on the characters. The name is unisex: forms with 丽/莉 skew feminine, while 华/華 is broadly neutral.

Usage rose across Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in the mid–late 20th century and remains familiar throughout the diaspora; Li Hua also appears as a common placeholder name in teaching materials. Variants and romanizations include Lihua, Li-hua, and, in Cantonese, Lai Wah or Lei Wah (麗華/利華). Note that Li (李) is a major surname, so Li Hua can be a full name with Li as family name and Hua as given name. Cross-linguistic counterparts include Vietnamese Lệ Hoa and Korean Ihwa/Lee Hwa.

⚙ Li Hua is rarely chosen. We count 67 recorded uses of it across 8 countries.