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Zoë en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio
• /ˈzoʊ.i/ (General-American)
• /ˈzəʊ.i/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ, “life”). It was the name of a third century martyr venerated in the Orthodox Church.

Meanings

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • On August 16, 2014, a 24-year-old male programmer posted a more than 9,000-word tirade about the dissolution of his relationship with video game developer Zoë Quinn. 2025 March 23, Harmeet Kaur, “How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become”, in CNN:
   • "Zoë!" The high-born girl repeated her own name in genuine astonishment. / "Yes," replied the negress. "Rustan is very affectionate. He says that I am his Zoë, his "life", because he would surely die of starvation without me." 1907, Francis Marion Crawford, Arethusa, BiblioBazaar,LLC, published 2009, →ISBN, page 67:

Forms

Translations (20)

pt Zoé (female given name) · ka ზოია (female given name) · el Ζωή (female given name) · lv Zoja (female given name) · es Zoe (female given name) · ro Zoe (female given name) · it Zoe (female given name) · pl Zoja (female given name) · cs Zoe (female given name) · hy Զոյա (female given name) · ja ゾイ (female given name) · pt Zoe (female given name) · ur زوئی (female given name) · de Zoe (female given name) · ro Zoia (female given name) · mr जोई (female given name) · ru Зо́я (female given name) · fr Zoé (female given name) · uk Зоя (female given name) · ja ゾーイ (female given name)