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Zooey

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Gender
  
Both

Derivation
  
1. Zechariah 2. Zoe

Language(s)
  
1. Hebrew 2. Greek

Related names
  
Zechariah, Zoe

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

Meaning
  
1. "God has remembered" 2. "life"

Zooey is a given name.

The name was, at least for decades, best known as a masculine nickname for "Zachary" or "Zechariah", from its use by J. D. Salinger for his character Zooey Glass. It is now sometimes considered a variant of female given name Zoe.

Those bearing the name include:

  • Zooey Deschanel, an American actress and singer named after the Salinger novel. (She pronounces it as "Zoë.")

    • In fiction

  • Zooey Glass, male Jewish-Irish character in Franny and Zooey and other parts of the Glass family narrative of J. D. Salinger
  • Zooey, truck (anthropomorphized as female child) in Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks
  • Princess Zooey, a character in Sofia the First (also pronounced like Zoë as Deschanel is)

    • References

    Zooey Wikipedia
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