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Zoey female given name
Also known as Zoey (first name), Zoey (given name)
Zoe is a feminine first name of Greek origin, meaning "life."
Article Zoe is a feminine first name of Greek origin, meaning "life."
Contents Popularity Zoe 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.
The name holds religious significance for Jews and Christians. Hellenized Jews used the name to refer to Eve, as both names have similar meanings, and there are Christian martyrs with the name.
Variations Belarusian – Zoya
Catalan – Zoè
Croatian – Zoja
Dutch – Zoë
English – Zoe, Zoey, Zoie, Zowie
French – Zoé
German – Zoe
Greek – Zoi (Greek: ζωή)
Hungarian – Zoé
Ukraine – Zoia (Ukrainian: Зоя)
Historical Zoe Porphyrogenita (c. 978–1050), Byzantine empress
Exuperius and Zoe, saints, martyrs (died 127)
Zoe of Rome (died c. 286), martyred saint
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
Contemporary 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 Brough (born 2003), 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
Surname John Zoe, Tli Cho statesman
Rachel Zoe, American fashion designer
Fictional characters Zoe Anderson, from British soap opera Hollyoaks
Zoey Bartlet, youngest daughter of President Bartlet on the TV series The West Wing
Zoe Benson, a young witch enrolled in the Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies, American Horror Story: Coven
Zoë Boutin Perry, protagonist and narrator of John Scalzi's novel Zoe's Tale
Zoey Brooks, main character on Zoey 101
Zoe Carpenter, from British soap opera Hollyoaks
Zoe Carter, from the TV show Eureka
Zoë Castillo, the primary protagonist of a computer game Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Zoe Drake, from the Dinosaur King franchise
Zoey Hanson, Ichigo Momomiya's English dub name in Tokyo Mew Mew (Mew Mew Power)
Zoe Heriot, companion of the Second Doctor from Doctor Who
Zoe Landau, ex-wife of lead character Cal Lightman on television series Lie to Me
Zoe Luper, from the soap opera All My Children
Zoe MacPherson, from the Baby Blues comic strip and TV adaption
Zoe Newton, from soap opera EastEnders
Zoe Reynolds, from Spooks (MI-5 in the USA)
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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
Zoe Latta, American fashion designer
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 Më (born 2000), Swiss singer-songwriter
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 (writer) (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
Zoi Fitsiou (born 1995), Greek rower
Zoe Florescu Potolea (born 2008), Romanian and American racing driver
Zoe Goss (born 1968), Australian cricket player
Zoey Clark (born 1994), British sprinter
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (born 2001), New Zealand snowboarder
Zoe Tynan (1998–2016), English footballer
Zoe Uens (born 2003), Canadian ice hockey player
Zoe Voris (born 1998), American wheelchair basketball player
Zoe Adjonyoh (born 1977), British writer and cook
Zoe Cameron (born 1960), British politician
Zoe G. Cardon, American ecosystems ecologist
Zoe Daniel (born 1972), Australian journalist
Zoé de Gamond (1806–1854), Belgian educator and feminist
Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga (1920–2006), Romanian literary historian
Zöe Franklin (born 1981), British politician
Zoé Genot, 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
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 (born 2002), American animal rights activist and animal sanctuary founder
Zoe Rosinach Pedrol (1894–1973), Catalan pharmacist and the first Spanish woman to earn a doctorate in Pharmacy
Zoe Royer, a Canadian politician
Zoe Sarnacki (died 2009), American murder victim
Zoe Shabarova (1925–1999), Russian chemist
Zoé Valdés (born 1959), Cuban writer
Zoë Wicomb (1948–2025), South African-Scottish author and academic
Zoey Williams, Canadian commercial pilot
Zoey Zane (aka Emily Sander; 1989–2007), American student, murder victim
Zoe Ramos, a character from the Ghost Whisperer
Zoe Slater, main character from soap opera EastEnders
Zoe Washburne, from the Firefly TV series