What's in a Name?

In Chinese, the last name actually comes first. GuoHua’s last name is Ning and means "peaceful". GuoHua means “national flower” and is pronounced like Gwo Hwah. It looks like this in Chinese: 宁国 华

Just as we did for every child that comes into our family, we will give her an English name too as our gift to her. But her name is a pretty important part of her so we’ll be talking to her about what she wants to be called before making anything final.

Sometimes in China, the first part of the first name is a generational name. We’re not sure if that is the case with Guohua but we do know she has the same first character as her cousin GuoYuan.