Zoe (name)
Zoe (Greek: ζωή) is a female first name of Greek origin, meaning "Life".
| 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, Zoi |
| Related names | Zooey, Joey, Joe |
People
Historical
- Zoë Porphyrogenita (fl. 978 – c. 1050), Byzantine empress
- Exuperius and Zoe, saints, martyrs (died 127)
- Zoe of Rome (died c. 286), martyred saint
- Zoe Karbonopsina (died c. 920), Byzantine empress
- Zoe Palaiologina (c. 1455–1503), wife of Tsar Ivan III of Russia
Contemporary
- Arts and entertainment
- Zoë (Austrian singer) (Zoë Straub) (born 1996), Austrian singer, songwriter, and actress
- Zoë (British singer) (Zoë Pollock; born 1969), English pop star
- Zoe Akins (1886-1958), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, poet and author
- Zoë Avril (born 1980), French singer
- Zoë Baird (born 1952), 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 Beloff (born 1958), New York-based artist
- Zoe Birkett (born 1985), English singer
- Zoe Boyle (born 1989), English actress
- Zoe Caldwell (1933–2020), Australian 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.)
- Zoe Kazan (born 1983), American actress
- Zoë Keating (born 1972), Canadian-American cellist and composer
- Zoë Kravitz (born 1988), American actress, singer and model
- Zoe Laskari (born 1945), Greek actress
- Zoë Lister (born 1982), English actress
- Zöe Lucker (born 1974), English actress best known for playing the role of Tanya Turner on ITV's Footballers' Wives
- Zoe Lyons (born 1971), British comedian
- Zoe McLellan (born 1974), American actress
- Zoie Palmer (born 1977), Canadian actress
- Zoë Pastelle (born 1999), Swiss actress
- Zoë Poledouris (born 1973), American actress and film composer
- Zoe Saldana (born 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
- Zoe Tay (born 1968), Singaporean actress
- Zoé Valdés (born 1959), Cuban writer
- Zoe Ventoura (born 1981), Australian actress
- Zoe Verbiceanu (1893-1975), Romanian playwright and translator
- Zoe Viccaji (born 1983), Pakistani singer
- Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949), American-born English actress
- Zoe Wees (born 2002), German singer
- Zoe Wiseman (born 1970), American photographer and model
- Sports
- Zoé Allaire-Bourgie (born 2004), Canadian artistic gymnast
- Zoi Dimoschaki (born 1985), Greek freestyle swimmer
- Zoe Goss (born 1968), Australian cricket player
- Zoi Paraskevopoulou, Greek archer
- Others
- Zoe Adjonyoh (living), British writer and cook
- Zoe G. Cardon, American ecosystems ecologist
- Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga (1920-2006), Romanian literary historian
- Zoe Hauptová (1929–2012), Czech slavicist and chief editor of the Old Church Slavonic Dictionary
- Zoe Konstantopoulou (born 1976), Greek politician
- Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923–1941), Russian martyr
- Zoe Labouré (a.k.a.Catherine Labouré; 1806–1876). Zoe was the birth name of the visionary French Saint of the Miraculous Medal
- Zoë Wicomb (born 1948), South African-Scottish author and academic
- Zoey Zane (aka Emily Sander; 1989–2007), murder victim
Surname
- John Zoe, Tli Cho statesman
- Rachel Zoe, American fashion designer
Fictional characters
- Zoé (Little Big Adventure)
- Zoe (Sesame Street), Muppet character on Sesame Street
- Zoë (Sluggy Freelance)
- Zoey (Pokémon), Dawn's pal
- 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
- Zoe Belmont, a character from Castlevania
- 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, a young witch enrolled in Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies American Horror Story: Coven
- Zoë Boutin Perry, protagonist and narrator of John Scalzi's novel Zoe's Tale
- Zoe Busiek, protagonist to the drama Wild Card (TV series)
- 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
- Zoey Davis, a character from the 2019 film Escape Room
- Zoe Franklin, A character from the Dork Diaries book series
- Zoey Hanson, Ichigo Momomiya's English dub name in Tokyo Mew Mew (Mew Mew Power)
- Zoë Hange, or Hange Zoë, 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, companion of the Second Doctor from Doctor Who
- Zoe Landau, ex-wife of lead character Cal Lightman on television series Lie to Me
- Zoe Lawton, the daughter of Deadshot
- Zoe Louise, the protagonist of the books Stonewords and Zoe Rising by author Pam Conrad.
- Zoe Luper, from All My Children
- Zoe MacPherson, character from the Baby Blues comic strip and TV adaption
- Zoe Murphy, character from the musical Dear Evan Hansen
- 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
- Zoe, a character from the film Chernobyl Diaries
- Zoe, from Zombeavers
- Zoe, a character from the online video game League of Legends
- Zoey, a little girl character in the 2019 comedy movie Playing with Fire
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