Zoe Forename
7,375th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 141,978 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands
Zoe Forename Definition:
A female name. Greek ζωή ‘life’, used by Alexandrian Jews as a translation of the name Eve, and later as a christian name by the Byzantine Greeks. It was the name of a 3rd-C martyr who is in both the Greek and the Roman Calendars. Its use in England is recent, not being found much before the beginning of the 20th C.
Read More About This ForenameZoe Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 59,208 | 1:939 | 209 |
| United States | 100% | 17,910 | 1:20,242 | 1,640 |
| Australia | - | 8,013 | 1:1,704 | 334 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 6,348 | 1:3,722 | 817 |
| Spain | 99% | 6,325 | 1:7,357 | 619 |
| Liberia | 97% | 5,442 | 1:811 | 154 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,040 | 1:10,899 | 1,238 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,835 | 1:1,091 | 250 |
| China | - | 2,402 | 1:568,716 | 27,616 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,189 | 1:2,444 | 329 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,132 | 1:100,486 | 5,577 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,964 | 1:2,310 | 422 |
| Cuba | - | 1,468 | 1:7,838 | 680 |
| DR Congo | 67% | 1,445 | 1:51,092 | 3,294 |
| Thailand | 98% | 1,349 | 1:51,939 | 5,503 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,055 | 1:3,365 | 361 |
| France | 100% | 1,032 | 1:64,409 | 1,752 |
| South Africa | 99% | 1,008 | 1:54,100 | 5,439 |
| Ghana | - | 955 | 1:28,258 | 1,855 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 920 | 1:947 | 155 |
| Mexico | 73% | 870 | 1:142,695 | 3,045 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 841 | 1:20,098 | 1,933 |
| Greece | 100% | 777 | 1:14,073 | 778 |
| Philippines | 74% | 701 | 1:151,226 | 7,377 |
| Ireland | 100% | 643 | 1:7,222 | 603 |
| Hong Kong | - | 629 | 1:12,325 | 1,171 |
| Czechia | 100% | 596 | 1:17,879 | 548 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 464 | 1:3,972 | 496 |
| Cameroon | 58% | 459 | 1:47,082 | 3,148 |
| Egypt | 100% | 412 | 1:223,061 | 7,852 |
| Italy | 98% | 408 | 1:149,662 | 2,379 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| Germany | 100% | 351 | 1:275,436 | 3,714 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 349 | 1:87,249 | 6,366 |
| Israel | 97% | 337 | 1:24,934 | 2,144 |
| Belgium | 100% | 323 | 1:35,573 | 2,071 |
| Malawi | 86% | 317 | 1:53,982 | 3,553 |
| Romania | 100% | 308 | 1:65,104 | 3,314 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Morocco | - | 273 | 1:125,819 | 3,873 |
| Swaziland | - | 231 | 1:5,628 | 945 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 220 | 1:137,281 | 5,641 |
| Argentina | 84% | 209 | 1:204,657 | 2,490 |
| Singapore | 100% | 200 | 1:31,435 | 5,869 |
| Uganda | 98% | 189 | 1:216,703 | 7,236 |
| Jamaica | - | 188 | 1:15,336 | 1,446 |
| Poland | 95% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Ivory Coast | 68% | 186 | 1:124,064 | 7,138 |
| Colombia | 99% | 169 | 1:282,716 | 5,654 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 161 | 1:64,790 | 3,973 |
| Burkina Faso | 68% | 160 | 1:114,872 | 5,994 |
| Guatemala | 55% | 134 | 1:120,212 | 2,395 |
| Nigeria | 62% | 134 | 1:1,325,107 | 30,459 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 132 | 1:62,223 | 2,449 |
| Kenya | - | 129 | 1:358,970 | 11,554 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 126 | 1:1,237 | 342 |
| Honduras | 100% | 108 | 1:81,643 | 2,924 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 104 | 1:609 | 147 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 100 | 1:71,520 | 6,063 |
| Peru | 52% | 94 | 1:338,207 | 7,067 |
| Sweden | 100% | 93 | 1:105,999 | 4,465 |
| Congo | 91% | 89 | 1:56,283 | 4,105 |
| Jersey | - | 80 | 1:1,250 | 269 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 75 | 1:316,929 | 22,586 |
| Qatar | 100% | 72 | 1:32,911 | 4,385 |
| India | 89% | 69 | 1:17,606,927 | 434,759 |
| Zimbabwe | 88% | 67 | 1:230,206 | 13,296 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 64 | 1:4,030,682 | 170,140 |
| Zambia | - | 64 | 1:247,731 | 7,885 |
| Russia | 96% | 62 | 1:2,326,350 | 14,884 |
| Chile | 94% | 57 | 1:308,898 | 4,655 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Denmark | - | 56 | 1:100,884 | 2,907 |
| Tanzania | 93% | 56 | 1:942,649 | 19,345 |
| Botswana | - | 47 | 1:46,478 | 4,592 |
| Austria | 100% | 46 | 1:185,091 | 2,885 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Panama | 100% | 44 | 1:88,785 | 4,615 |
| Japan | - | 43 | 1:2,976,420 | 22,844 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| South Korea | - | 38 | 1:145,906 | 6,365 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 37 | 1:36,795 | 3,647 |
| Myanmar | - | 36 | 1:1,443,008 | 744 |
| Norway | 100% | 29 | 1:176,977 | 4,635 |
| Gibraltar | - | 27 | 1:1,264 | 259 |
| Guyana | 100% | 26 | 1:29,356 | 3,209 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 25 | 1:7,774,307 | 62,662 |
| Bermuda | - | 24 | 1:2,701 | 544 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 24 | 1:198,664 | 4,618 |
| Vietnam | - | 23 | 1:4,027,092 | 3,486 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 21 | 1:5,313 | 910 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 20 | 1:3,065 | 627 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 20 | 1:122,938 | 3,134 |
| Finland | 79% | 19 | 1:288,589 | 4,209 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Nicaragua | 90% | 18 | 1:334,352 | 6,829 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 18 | 1:190,424 | 3,622 |
| Belize | 100% | 16 | 1:22,144 | 2,400 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Barbados | - | 14 | 1:20,699 | 1,571 |
| Croatia | 100% | 14 | 1:301,220 | 4,308 |
| Iceland | - | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| Macau | - | 13 | 1:46,785 | 540 |
| Ecuador | - | 12 | 1:1,477,243 | 9,675 |
| Senegal | 100% | 12 | 1:1,215,113 | 10,353 |
| Iran | - | 11 | 1:7,136,079 | 23,336 |
| Benin | 100% | 10 | 1:1,057,584 | 26,153 |
| Hungary | 100% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 10 | 1:8,502 | 218 |
| Belarus | 80% | 9 | 1:1,053,598 | 5,565 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 8 | 1:1,019,039 | 71,574 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Bulgaria | - | 6 | 1:1,165,065 | 11,780 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Lebanon | - | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Brunei | - | 3 | 1:139,857 | 2,352 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Paraguay | 67% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kazakhstan | 50% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Zoé (6,072), Zoè (266), Zoê (3) & Zóe (1) are calculated separately.
Zoe (2,873) may also be a surname.
Zoe Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Greek ζωή ‘life’, used by Alexandrian Jews as a translation of the name Eve, and later as a christian name by the Byzantine Greeks. It was the name of a 3rd-C martyr who is in both the Greek and the Roman Calendars. Its use in England is recent, not being found much before the beginning of the 20th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
From the Greek name Ζωη, signifying ‘life.’ - “Ζωη μου σας αγαπω.”
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Hebrew name, meaning: Life.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
From the Greek word zōē, literally meaning 'life'.
- zoeyp512This name means 'alive'.
- zoya.xgZoe Forename Popularity
Zoe Demographics
Zoe Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 2,785 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoé | 89 | 6,072 | / |
| Zoè | 89 | 266 | / |
| Zoê | 89 | 3 | / |
| Zóe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Zoey | 86 | 4,155 | / |
| Zoue | 86 | 3,587 | / |
| Zoje | 86 | 2,084 | / |
| Zoie | 86 | 827 | / |
| Zowe | 86 | 584 | / |
| Zoye | 86 | 256 | / |
| Zohe | 86 | 238 | / |
| Zoee | 86 | 175 | / |
| Zoes | 86 | 74 | / |
| Zoeh | 86 | 61 | / |
| Zhoe | 86 | 53 | / |
| Zoea | 86 | 44 | / |
| Zoer | 86 | 37 | / |
| Zoed | 86 | 24 | / |
| Zoet | 86 | 17 | / |
| Zooe | 86 | 16 | / |
| Zuoe | 86 | 9 | / |
| Zioe | 86 | 4 | / |
| Zjoe | 86 | 4 | / |
| Zzoe | 86 | 3 | / |
| Zoée | 86 | 2 | / |
| Dzoe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Czoe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zoej | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zoez | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zoïe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zsoe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zo'e | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zowie | 75 | 786 | / |
| Zouye | 75 | 524 | / |
| Zuoer | 75 | 340 | / |
| Zhuoe | 75 | 228 | / |
| Zaoue | 75 | 105 | / |
| Zooey | 75 | 103 | / |
| Zoowe | 75 | 44 | / |
| Zogie | 75 | 40 | / |
| Zuoye | 75 | 34 | / |
| Zouhe | 75 | 20 | / |
| Zhoue | 75 | 17 | / |
| Zhowe | 75 | 14 | / |
| Zoeie | 75 | 12 | / |
| Zoyed | 75 | 12 | / |
| Zgowe | 75 | 9 | / |
| Dzhoe | 75 | 9 | / |
| Zouie | 75 | 9 | / |
| Zoyee | 75 | 8 | / |
| Zoyie | 75 | 8 | / |
| Zojie | 75 | 8 | / |
| Zohie | 75 | 7 | / |
| Zooie | 75 | 7 | / |
| Zowee | 75 | 7 | / |
| Zoeye | 75 | 7 | / |
| Zohee | 75 | 5 | / |
| Zoyet | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zoiee | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zoies | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zoeia | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zoeyi | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zoheh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zoije | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zhohe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zouee | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zhoey | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zoeht | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zoeii | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zoest | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zoeys | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zoweh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Drzoe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tzoee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ziyoe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zioed | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zhooe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zhoee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zhoie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zieoe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoueh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zouet | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zouez | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zohei | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoheu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zohey | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoiye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zojee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zojet | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zooee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zooeu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zooue | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zooye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoe'e | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoeph | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zogge | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zzoee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zzoie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zzowe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zouje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zowet | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoy'e | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoyes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoyje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zuoie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zaioe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zowes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoejy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zɏzoe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Xzoea | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jzoez | 75 | 1 | / |
| Joe | 67 | 1,378,929 | / |
| Soe | 67 | 807,605 | / |
| Zoi | 67 | 39,567 | / |
| Zee | 67 | 14,766 | / |
| Zuojie | 67 | 12,363 | / |
| Zhuoer | 67 | 10,233 | / |
| Zea | 67 | 6,511 | / |
| Zhouhe | 67 | 4,385 | / |
| Zou | 67 | 3,743 | / |
| Zhuohe | 67 | 3,314 | / |
| Zhuoye | 67 | 2,655 | / |
| Zei | 67 | 2,417 | / |
| Zoa | 67 | 1,771 | / |
| Zhouye | 67 | 1,469 | / |
| Zoo | 67 | 1,355 | / |
| Zue | 67 | 1,330 | / |
| Zae | 67 | 370 | / |
| Zey | 67 | 254 | / |
| Zoy | 67 | 246 | / |
| Zeu | 67 | 182 | / |
| Zoj | 67 | 145 | / |
| Zahoue | 67 | 113 | / |
| Zye | 67 | 51 | / |
| Zohoue | 67 | 17 | / |
| Zej | 67 | 15 | / |
| Zouyeh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Zoheth | 67 | 11 | / |
| Zouyed | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zouieh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zoherh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zhojie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zouied | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zoohie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zoheïr | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zhogie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zoí | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dzhoey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zhoyee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zhoyie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zouehe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zougie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoheey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoheit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zohess | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zohyeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoohee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zooher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoowie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoehhr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoeyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zzoowe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zouyee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoygie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zaoued | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoiyer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zooeth | 67 | 1 | / |
Zoe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zoe in the Russian language | ||
| Зое | zoe | - |
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