English name in Chinese

Josiah 约西亚 yuē xī yà

The usual Chinese spelling of Josiah is 约西亚 (yuē xī yà).

Characters: 3 Pinyin: yuē xī yà Usage: not tied to a gender
yuē xī yà

Character by character

约
yuē

treaty, agreement, covenant

西
xī

west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146

亚
yà

Asia; second

How it reads

This is a transliteration: the characters were chosen because they sound like Josiah. Chinese readers will hear your English name in it, which is the point — you will see this spelling in news, subtitles, and sports commentary. It is not a name a Chinese family would sit down and choose, and it does not carry a wish the way a native given name usually does.

Using it as your name

Written this way, 约西亚 works as a given name on its own, and you can add a surname in front of it. If you would rather have a name chosen for meaning — one that reads as Chinese rather than as an imported spelling — the Finder builds options from characters with documented meanings and shows you where each one comes from. Already using a Chinese name? Check it for tones, homophones, and famous-name collisions.

Source

ename.dict.cn 英文名大全 · /list/all/J/7

Spellings on this page are collected from published lists and from names real foreigners use in China. They are a reference, not a recommendation: a name you can explain is better than a name that merely matches a dictionary.