We are considering naming our new baby Zoe. I really like the spelling without the "y" at the end... but DD already has a three-letter name, and we don't know if that'll look weird, two siblings with only three letter names. DD's name is Eva.
Which spelling do you prefer? Thoughts on the name? TIA!
Re: Zoe or Zoey
I personally like Zoe, however I've heard people pronounce it Z-oh which would make me consider the Zoey spelling. I think it's pretty either way you choose to spell it.
This is exactly why we named DD Zoey. To be honest, until we started looking into names for her I would have pronounced Zoe just zoh too. So we added the y to avoid confusion.
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Haha, I kind of thought of that for a split second and then cringed a little. I do like her a lot, though!
I really dislike Zooey. I always think Zoo (with animals) - ee.
I like Zoe. I have never heard anyone pronounce it as a 1 syllable name.
I think that both spellings are perfectly fine (love the name Zoe/Zoey!). I prefer it spelled Zoe, but I do agree that it might look strange to have two daughters with three-letter names.
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Agreed. I'm all for traditional spellings and not worrying about people who don't know how to say them!
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Our friends who are Greek just had a Zoe, and call her Zo as NN. So cute!
Exactly. Do Zoe!
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Emphatically this. I know ancient Greek pretty well (majored in classics) and it bugs the living hell out of me when people spell it Zoey. There is not a y there in Greek. It doesn't make any sense. The only reason anyone uses it is so it doesn't get mispronounced, but Zoe is so popular now that anyone who doesn't know how to pronounce it is living under a rock. Please spell it correctly.
Please spell this name correctly.
Nothing pains me more than Zoey. (or Zooey used by people who've never read the Salinger novel.)
Eva and Zoe is an adorable sibset.
Zoe. There is absolutely no reason to have the superfluous Y at the end. It grates on my nerves.
I would not worry about both children having 3 letter names. No reason to misspell one of their names just to avoid uniformity, kwim?