What is your Chinese name?

张 嘉怡 Zhang Jiayi

What does your name mean?

嘉 means auspicious,lucky, fine, 怡 means joy

What is your English name? (Please write in pinyin if you don’t have one)

Joi

Who gave you your English name?

Myself

Is there a pronunciation/meaning connection between your English name and Chinese name?

Both my names are related to Joy.

Have you ever abandoned your English name? What was the reason?

Amy, because it’s just so common

Does your name ever give you any funny, embarrassing, or uncomfortable experiences?

Once I was introducing myself in front of my classmates in a studio course, one of them said his partner’s name is also Joi, later we found out that both of us were into this novel called Blade Runner (in which Joi is the name of the virtual human heroine)

Do you prefer your Chinese name or your English name? Which name better represents your own identity?

I prefer my English Name