Zoe (name)

Zoe

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