How to pronounce

For English speakers, my name can be approximated as ee-j(ə) hwahng.

In Standard Mandarin Chinese, my given name, 轶之 (yìzhī), is pronounced as /i˥˩.tʂɻ̩˥/, and my family name, 黄 (huáng), as /xwaŋ˧˥/. The notation used here is the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Listen to the pronunciation of my given name and family name on Forvo. (Since my given name is not an actual word, the link is to the phrase “一只”, a homophone.)

What does the name actually mean?

TL;DR: It does not mean anything.

Full answer: 黄 (huáng) means “yellow”, and 轶 (yì) means “anecdote”. 之 (zhī) is a grammatical marker (similar to 的 (de), or ’s in English) and a third-person pronoun, though its use is mainly limited to written language. However, it is the most common character in Classical Chinese.