Three-syllable rendering of a foreign 'Ya-ga-ha' or 'Ya-ka-ha' sound - could fit Arabic, Turkic, or Pacific-island names.
雅 (yǎ, 'elegant') is one of the most chosen first characters for foreign names because it both sounds like 'ya' and reads positively (compare
雅典 'Athens',
雅虎 'Yahoo!').
格 covers 'ga/ge' and
哈 covers a final aspirated 'ha'.
