Zoe (name)
Zoe | |
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Pronunciation | /ˈzoʊ.i/ ZOH-ee; /ˈzoʊ/ ZOH |
Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Greek |
Meaning | "life" |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Zoey, Zoí, Zoé, Zoie, Zoë, Zoee, Zoya |
Related names | Zooey |
Zoe (and its variants) is a female first name, originally from the Greek word for "life" (ζωή). It is a calque of the Biblical Hava/Eve (חַוָּה), which is derived from the Hebrew word for "life". In Japanese culture, it is also a family name.
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 Caldwell (born 1933), Australian-born, US-based theatre/stage 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), Famous Australian cricket player
- Zoe Karbonopsina (died ca. 920), Byzantine empress
- Zoe Kazan (born 1983), American actress
- 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 Palaiologina (c. 1455–1503), wife of Tsar Ivan III of Russia
- Zoie Palmer (born October 28, 1977), Canadian actress
- 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 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
- Zoe Benson, young witch in American Horror Story: Coven
- 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
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