The Chinese word "沃伦" is formed as a phonetic transliteration of the English name "Warren", with "沃" (wò) approximating the sound "War" and "伦" (lún) approximating "ren". Individually, "沃" is structured with the water radical "氵" and the component "夭", while "伦" combines the person radical "亻" with the component "仑", but in this compound, their semantic elements are subordinate to the phonetic purpose.