Mandarin transliteration of "Cillian" — pronounced like "KIL-ee-en" in Irish. The Chinese tries to get "see-lee-an" via
西 (xī, "si") +
里 (lǐ, "li") +
安 (ān, "an"). The most prominent bearer is Irish actor Cillian Murphy (
西里安·
墨菲, b. 1976), Oscar winner for 《
奥本海默》 (Oppenheimer, 2023) and lead of 《
浴血黑帮》 (Peaky Blinders). Note: Chinese-language press is inconsistent — you'll also see
基里安 and
希里安 for the same name.
