Zoe

See also: zoe, zoè, Zoé, Zoë, and zo'e

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊ.i/, IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzoʊ.i/, IPA^(key): /ˈzoʊ/

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Proper noun

Zoe

1. A female given name, a common spelling variant of Zoë.
   • 1833, Lloyd Wharton Bickley, Zoe, or the Sicilian Sayda: A Romance, Key&Biddle, page 112:

     Rosalie smiled faintly, and at the clapping of her hands, the raven-haired Zoe, in all her surpassing beauty, entered the apartment.

   • 1921, Fannie Hurst, Stardust, BiblioBazaar, LLC (2007), →ISBN, page 20:

     "Who ever heard of a girl named Zoe! You never did yourself." ¶ "I know I never did, Roy Kemble, but just the same I think it is the most beautiful name in the world. It isn't so much what it really means; names don't have to mean anything - it's what it feels like it means.

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Czech

Proper noun

Zoe f

1. A female given name, cognate to English Zoë.

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German

Proper noun

Zoe

1. A female given name, cognate to English Zoë.

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Italian

Etymology

Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ).

Proper noun

Zoe f

1. A female given name equivalent to Zoë