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Zoe (name)

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Gender
  
Female

Meaning
  
"life"

Word/name
  
Greek

Related names
  
Zooey

Pronunciation
  
/ˈzoʊ.i/ ZOH-ee; /ˈzoʊ/ ZOH

Variant form(s)
  
Zoey, Zoí, Zoé, Zoie, Zoë, Zoee, Zoya, Zoi

Zoe (and its variants) is a female first name, originally from the Greek (ζωή). It is a calque of the Biblical Hava/Eve (חַוָּה), which is derived from the Hebrew. In Japanese culture, it is also a family name.

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People

  • Zoe (empress) (Zoe Porphyrogenita) (ca. 978–1050), Byzantine empress
  • Zoë (Austrian singer) (Zoë Straub) (born 1996), Austrian singer, songwriter, and actress
  • Zoë (British singer) (Zoë Pollock), English pop star
  • Zoey (Yuko), J-Pop singer (born 1984)
  • Exuperius and Zoe, saints, martyrs (died 127)
  • Zoe of Rome (died ca. 286), martyred saint
  • Zoë Avril, French singer
  • Zoë Baird, 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 Birkett (born 1985), British singer
  • Zoe Boyle, English actress
  • Zoe Caldwell (born 1933), Australian-born, US-based theatre/stage actress
  • Zoe Cassavetes (born 1970), Greek director, screenwriter and actress
  • Zooey Deschanel (born 1980), American actress and musician (pronounces her name like "Zoë", though she is said to be named after Zooey Glass.)
  • Zoi Dimoschaki, Greek freestyle swimmer
  • Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga (1920-2006), Romanian literary historian
  • Zoe Goss (born 1968), Australian cricket player
  • Zoe Karbonopsina (died ca. 920), Byzantine empress
  • Zoe Kazan (born 1983), American actress
  • Zoe Konstantopoulou (born 1976), Greek politician
  • Zoi Kontogianni (born 1997), Greek gymnast
  • Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923–1941), Russian martyr
  • Zoë Kravitz (born 1988), American actress, singer and model
  • Zoe Labouré (a.k.a.Catherine Labouré). Zoe was the birth name of the visionary French Saint of the Miraculous Medal 1806–1876
  • Zoe Laskari (born 1945), Greek actress
  • Zoë Lister (born 1982), British actress
  • Zöe Lucker (born 1974), English actress best known for playing the role of Tanya Turner on ITV's Footballers' Wives
  • Zoe McLellan (born 1974), American actress
  • Zoe Palaiologina (c. 1455–1503), wife of Tsar Ivan III of Russia
  • Zoie Palmer (born October 28, 1977), Canadian actress
  • Zoi Paraskevopoulou, Greek archer
  • Zoë Poledouris (born 1973), American actress & film composer
  • Zoe Saldana (born June 19, 1978), American actress
  • Zoë 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 & vlogger
  • Zoé Valdés (born 1959), Cuban writer
  • Zoe Ventoura (born 1981), Australian actress
  • Zoe Viccaji, Pakistani singer
  • Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949), British-based American actress
  • Zoe Wiseman (born 1970), American Photographer and Model
  • Zoey Zane (aka Emily Sander; 1989–2007), murder victim

    • Fictional characters

  • Zoé (Little Big Adventure)
  • Zoe (Sesame Street), Muppet character on Sesame Street
  • Zoë (Sluggy Freelance)
  • Zoey (Pokémon)
  • Zoe (Lee Soo-yeon), from Missing You
  • Zoë, character in the series Monarch of the Glen
  • Zoey, Rudolph's love interest in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
  • Zoe, main character played by Jennifer Lopez in The Back-up Plan
  • Zoe, character in, and the subject of, the play The Octoroon
  • Zoey, one of the four Survivors in Left 4 Dead
  • Zoey, a character in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, the fourth season of the Total Drama series
  • Zoe Aves, A character from El Tigre:The Adventures of Manny Rivera
  • Zoe Barnes, newspaper reporter/blogger, House of Cards (U.S. TV series)
  • Zoey Bartlet, youngest daughter of President Barlet on the TV series The West Wing
  • Zoë Boutin Perry, protagonist and narrator of John Scalzi's novel Zoe's Tale
  • Zoe Busiek, protagonist to the drama Zoe Busiek: Wildcard
  • Zoey Brooks, main character on Zoey 101
  • Zoe Carpenter from British soap opera Hollyoaks
  • Zoe Carter from Eureka
  • Zoë Castillo (Seeker, Nomad, Dreamer), the primary protagonist of a computer game Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
  • Zoe Franklin, A character from the Dork Diaries book series
  • Zoe Graystone, from Caprica
  • Zoey Hanson, Ichigo Momomiya's English dub name in Tokyo Mew Mew (Mew Mew Power)
  • Zoe Hange, or Hange Zoe, a character from the anime series Attack on Titan
  • Zoe Hart in the U.S. TV series Hart of Dixie and is played by Rachel Bilson
  • Zoe Heriot, from Doctor Who
  • Zoe Landau, ex-wife of lead character Cal Lightman on television series Lie to Me
  • Zoe Luper, from All My Children
  • Zoe MacPherson, character from the Baby Blues comic strip and TV adaption.
  • Zoe Newton, character from EastEnders
  • Zoë Nightshade, character from the Percy Jackson & the Olympians book series
  • Zoe Orimoto (Izumi Orimoto in Japanese version), from Digimon Frontier
  • Zoe Payne, from the game SSX
  • Zoey Pierson, Ted's environmentalist girlfriend in How I Met Your Mother
  • Zoey Redbird, the protagonist of the House of Night novels
  • Zoe Reynolds, from Spooks (MI-5 in the USA)
  • Zoe Rivas, from Degrassi
  • Zoe Slater, main character from EastEnders
  • Zoe Trent, from Littlest Pet Shop (2012 TV series)
  • Zoe Washburne, from Firefly
  • Zoey Woodbine, from the sitcom Cybill
  • Zoe Young, from the animated series Fantastic Max

    • References

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