Zoe (name)
Zoë (and other such names) is a gender-neutral name which came from ancient Greece and means "life" in Greek.[1] The pronunciation of the name is [ zoh-ee, zoh ].[2] This name was ranked #42 on the US Popular Names in 2021.[3]
| Zoe, Zoë | |
| Gender: | Gender-neutral |
|---|---|
| Origin: | Greek, ζωή |
| Meaning: | life |
Some uses of the name are:
Real people
- Zoe Ball, British television presenter
- Zooey Deschanel, American actress/musician
- Zoe Karbonopsina (died c. 920), Byzantine empress
- Zoe (empress), Byzantine empress (c. 978–1050)
- Zoe Palaiologina, (c. 1455–April 7, 1503), wife of Tsar Ivan III of Russia
- Zoë (singer), English pop star who had a 1991 hit with "Sunshine On A Rainy Day"
- Zoey (singer), a J-Pop singer
- Zoe Cramond, New Zealand actress
- Zoe Saldaña, American actress
Fictional characters
- Zoë (Sluggy Freelance), a character from the Sluggy Freelance comic strip
- Zoë Castillo, a character from the computer game Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
- Zoé (Little Big Adventure), a character from Little Big Adventure video games
- Zoë, a character in the series Monarch of the Glen
- Zoë (All My Children), a character on the All My Children soap opera
- Zoe Reynolds a character played by Keeley Hawes in the BBC television series Spooks, (MI-5 in the United States)
- Zoe Orimoto, a character from Digimon Frontier
- Zoe Washburne, from the television series Firefly
- Zoe Trent, a character from Littlest Pet Shop
- Zoe, a character from Bluey
- Zoe Heriot, a character in the television series Doctor Who
- Zoë (Sesame Street), a Muppet
- Zoe MacPherson, a character from the Baby Blues comic strip
- Zoey (Pokémon)
- Zoey Brooks, main character on Zoey 101
- Zoey Hanson, Ichigo Momomiya's English dub name in Tokyo Mew Mew (Mew Mew Power)
- Zooey Glass, One of the principal characters in Franny and Zooey the dual stories published by J.D. Salinger in 1955
References
- ↑ "Zoe name Meaning and Origin". babys.name. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ↑ "Definition of Zoe | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ↑ OACT. "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
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