The word "赫胥黎" is formed through phonetic transliteration for rendering the English surname "Huxley" into Chinese. Each character is selected solely for its sound: "赫" (hè) approximates "Hux", "胥" (xū) represents the "x" sound, and "黎" (lí) corresponds to "ley", together creating a close auditory match without conveying meaning from the individual characters.