Hoa
Just 63 people in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one, and it lands on women and men alike. The name means "flower".
Hoa Pronunciation
Hoa is pronounced KHO-ah (/ˈxɔa/).
What Hoa means
Where Hoa comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hoa comes to Poland from far off, and its origin sits outside the usual European roots. In Vietnamese, hoa means flower, written with a character borrowed long ago from Chinese. The short meaning in Polish is plain: kwiat.
A flower name asks for little explanation. Vietnamese families have carried hoa for generations, and it belongs to a wider habit of naming daughters for blossoms and plants. The word can mean flower in general, or it can point to one particular bloom, depending on how someone uses it.
In a Polish szkoła register, hoa now sits near Hania and Igor, four letters and easy to read from the page. It arrived with families who settled here, and it keeps its meaning wherever it lands. Hoa is kwiat.
How many people are named Hoa
1 in 512360 women in Poland is named Hoa. 63 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4614 among female names.
Hoa as a middle name
Hoa is a first name for 63 women in Poland and a middle name for another 55, a 53/47 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 922nd, between Genevieve (55) and Jeanette (55).