Zoe name meaning, origin, famous people, and graphic designs

Name: Zoe, Zoey , Zoie, Zoi, Zoé or Zoë

Pronunciation: zoe

Origin: Greek

Meaning: Life

Gender: gender-neutral, but mainly feminine given name

Story of the name Zoe 🔗

Zoe, Zoey, Zoie, Zoi, Zoé or Zoë (Greek: ζωή) is a gender-neutral name of Greek origins, meaning “life”. In the third century, Alexandrian Jews translated the Hebrew name Eve to its Greek equivalent, Zoe. The name became popular with early Christians, who associated its meaning of “life” with eternal life. An ancient name with a modern and trendy rendering, Zoe is well represented on TV with characters on Sesame Street, Firefly, and House of Cards.

It is a popular name for girls in many countries, ranking among the top 100 names for girls born in the United States since 2000. It is also well used in other English-speaking countries including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, as well as in other countries including Argentina, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland. In 2022, Zoe was the 20th most popular name given to girls in Canada, while Zoey was 42nd.

Variations & other spellings of Zoe 🔗

Variations include the trending and increasingly popular spellings:

• Zoey
• Zoie
• Zoë
• Zoey
• Zoí
• Zoé
• Zoee
• Zoi
• Zoh
• Zoya
• Zoia
• Zoja

Common Nicknames for Zoe 🔗

• Zo
• Zoey

Graphic designs for Zoe 🔗

Zoe name is created with beautiful blossoms:

Famous people named Zoe or its variants 🔗

• Exuperius and Zoe, saints, martyrs (died 127)
• Zoe of Rome (died c. 286), martyred saint
• Zoe, the daughter of King Midas
• Zoë Porphyrogenita (fl. 978 – c. 1050), Byzantine empress
• Zoe Karbonopsina (died c. 920), Byzantine empress
• Zoe Palaiologina (c. 1455–1503), wife of Tsar Ivan III of Russia
• Zoé Talon, comtesse du Cayla (1785–1852), intimate friend and confidante of Louis XVIII
• Gorilla Zoe, American rapper
• Zoë (Austrian singer) (Zoë Straub) (born 1996), Austrian singer, songwriter, and actress
• Zoë (British singer) (Zoë Pollock; born 1969), English pop star
• Zoe Akins (1886–1958), American playwright, poet and author
• Zoë Avril (born 1980), French singer
• Zoë Baird (born 1952), American lawyer, Attorney General nominee in 1993
• Zoë Ball (born 1970), English television and radio personality
• Zoë Bell (born 1978), New Zealand stuntwoman and actress
• Zoe Beloff (born 1958), New York-based artist
• Zoe Bertram, Australian actress
• Zoe Birkett (born 1985), English singer
• Zoe Boyle (born 1989), English actress
• Zoe Caldwell (1933–2020), Australian actress
• Zoe Cassavetes (born 1970), American director, screenwriter and actress
• Zoë Chao (born 1985), American actress and screenwriter
• Zoe Colletti (born 2001), American actress
• Zooey Deschanel (born 1980), American actress and musician
• Zoey Deutch (born 1994), American actress and producer
• Zoé Félix (born 1976), French actress
• Zoe Gotusso (born 1997), Argentine musician
• Zoë Heller (born 1965), English journalist and novelist
• Zoë Howe (born 1979), English music writer
• Zoe Kazan (born 1983), American actress
• Zoë Keating (born 1972), Canadian-American cellist and composer
• Zoë Kravitz (born 1988), American actress, singer and model
• Zoe Laskari (1942–2017), Greek actress
• Zoë Lister (born 1982), English actress
• Zöe Lucker (born 1974), English actress
• Zoë Lund (1962–1999), American entertainer
• Zoe Lyons (born 1971), British comedian
• Zoe McLellan (born 1974), American actress
• Zoë Nathenson (born 1969), British actress
• Zoe Naylor (born 1977), Australian actress
• Zoie Palmer (born 1977), Canadian actress
• Zoë Pastelle (born 1999), Swiss actress
• Zoe Kincaid Penlington (1878–1944), Canadian-American expert on kabuki
• Zoë Poledouris (born 1973), American actress and film composer
• Zoe Saldaña (born 1978), American actress
• Zoe Salmon (born 1980), Northern Irish television presenter
• Zoë Straub (born 1996), Austrian singer, songwriter, and actress
• Zoe Strauss (born 1970), American photographer
• Zoe Sugg (born 1990), English beauty blogger and vlogger
• Zoie Tam (born 1981), Hong Kong actress, singer and television presenter
• Zoë Tapper (born 1981), English actress
• Zoe Tay (born 1968), Singaporean actress
• Zoé Valdés (born 1959), Cuban writer
• Zoe Ventoura (born 1981), Australian actress
• Zoe Verbiceanu (1893–1975), Romanian playwright and translator
• Zoe Viccaji (born 1983), Pakistani singer
• Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949), American-born English actress
• Zoe Wees (born 2002), German singer
• Zoe Weizenbaum (born 1991), American former actress
• Zoe Williams (born 1973), British journalist
• Zoe Wiseman (born 1970), American photographer and model
• Zoé Allaire-Bourgie (born 2004), Canadian artistic gymnast
• Zoe Boyd (born 2000), Canadian ice hockey player
• Zoe Díaz (born 2006), Argentine field hockey player
• Zoi Dimoschaki (born 1985), Greek freestyle swimmer
• Zoe Goss (born 1968), Australian cricket player
• Zoey Clark (born 1994), British sprinter
• Zoi Paraskevopoulou, Greek archer
• Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (born 2001), New Zealand snowboarder
• Zoe Tynan (1998–2016), English footballer
• Zoe Voris (born 1998), American wheelchair basketball player
• Zoe Adjonyoh, British writer and cook
• Zoe Cameron, British politician
• Zoe G. Cardon, American ecosystems ecologist
• Zoe Daniel, Australian journalist
• Zoé de Gamond (1806–1854), Belgian educator and feminist
• Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga (1920–2006), Romanian literary historian
• Zoé Genot [fr], Belgian politician (Ecolo)
• Zoe Hauptová (1929–2012), Czech slavicist and chief editor of the Old Church Slavonic Dictionary
• Zoé Jiménez Corretjer, Puerto Rican writer, professor at the University of Puerto Rico
• Zoe Konstantopoulou (born 1976), Greek politician
• Zoe Labouré, birth name of French saint Catherine Labouré (1806–1876)
• Zoé Laurier (1842–1921), the wife of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada
• Zoé Oldenbourg (1916–2002), Russian-born French historian and novelist
• Zoe Rosenberg, American animal rights activist and animal sanctuary founder
• Zoe Shabarova (1925–1999), Russian chemist
• Zoë Wicomb (born 1948), South African-Scottish author and academic
• Zoé Valdés (born 1959), Cuban writer

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