WDYT of the name Zoe?

mich2640 · April 2012

DH really loves it. I love it too actually, but I just don't know if it's the "one".

I think I am having such a hard time bc I have never known anyone with the name. That should be a good thing, but I don't want to pick a name that will be too out there.

Opinions?

stf3814 · April 2012

I love the name but I feel like it has to be spelled z-o-e-y or people look at it and think zo.

missaloha · April 2012

i have a friend whose daughter is Zoe but pronounced "Zo," not "Zoee." Which are you going for?

mich2640 · April 2012

missaloha:
i have a friend whose daughter is Zoe but pronounced "Zo," not "Zoee." Which are you going for?

Going for the Zoee pronunciation. I'm not a big fan of the Zoey spelling though.

samk213 · April 2012

Sorry, I'm not a fan.

IBackBevo · April 2012

When I hear that name all I can think of the character on Sesame Street who is friends with Elmo.

Dncr251 · April 2012

I like it! It's in our top 3 girl names.

missaloha · April 2012

I like it! Isn't the spelling "Zoe" biblical, and the modification "Zoey" is to secularize the name? That's what I've always thought.

mb314 · April 2012

Zoe has always seemed to me like the type of name people choose to be "funky" but really it's just over used by people wanting to be funky. Never been a fan.

ndelaney89 · April 2012

It's a cute name but I've known two Zoe's and they were both little devils as children so I'm a little bias and would never use it.

jworkman1980 · April 2012

I think it's cute.......wanted to name our dog Zoey but DH didn't like it so we went with Roxy instead

ELCJet · April 2012

I think it's gaining in popularity......and I think you are spelling it correctly for the pronunciation you want.

I knew a few Zoes when I worked at a girls' summer camp, and my cousin just used it for her daughter.

skyejo · April 2012

Love it, but if you want the long e sound at the end I think you need to go with the Zoey spelling. It's like Joe and Joey...you would never think that Joe has a long e and people will think the same with Zoe.

gingerfamily · April 2012

Personally I LOVE and ADORE the name as it's DD's name. We spell it Zoey though. And I didn't pick it to be funky I picked it because it's a beautiful name.

MarisaKathleen · April 2012

I don't know any Zoe's in real life. The only Zoe's I have come across personally have been pets.

Jenelle101 · April 2012

I love it! I actually named one of my flour babies that in high school (I had twin flour babies...LOL!)

EDIT: The French way to spell the name is Zoe. I like it spelled that way...well, because I'm French.

elizabethwig · April 2012

i think Zoe is appropriately spelled. i like it a lot - i was almost named that.

mrs.kapow · April 2012

Zoe is the proper way to spell it, IMO.

It's NMS for my own child, but my friend's daughter is Zoe and it's just perfect for her.

You don't have to decide right this second, either. We had a list of three names and took them to the hospital. When we looked at her, she just "fit" a name we had discounted months before.

amanda31H · April 2012

mich2640:

missaloha:
i have a friend whose daughter is Zoe but pronounced "Zo," not "Zoee." Which are you going for?

Going for the Zoee pronunciation. I'm not a big fan of the Zoey spelling though.

I agree with you! Do NOT spell it Zoey!!!

I like the name - I know 2 Zoes. I think it's very cute and they both pronounce it "Zoee," like you said. It's not confusing.

Manx4 · April 2012

It's my nieces name - except they spell it Zoey.

floridakat · April 2012

mrsh0606:
Personally I LOVE and ADORE the name as it's DD's name. We spell it Zoey though. And I didn't pick it to be funky I picked it because it's a beautiful name.

I think it's a wonderful name, too. And it fits your beautiful little girl beautifully!

gingerfamily · April 2012

floridakat:
mrsh0606:

Personally I LOVE and ADORE the name as it's DD's name. We spell it Zoey though. And I didn't pick it to be funky I picked it because it's a beautiful name.

I think it's a wonderful name, too. And it fits your beautiful little girl beautifully!

Why, thank you. Aparently I spelled it wrong though. WTF was I thinking?

BenandSuzy · April 2012

jworkman1980:
I think it's cute.......wanted to name our dog Zoey but DH didn't like it so we went with Roxy instead

Random but I have a dog Zoe and cat Roxy! I love the name Xoe and would be on my list. We just had a cousin name his daughter Zoe though.

floridakat · April 2012

mrsh0606:
floridakat:
mrsh0606:

Personally I LOVE and ADORE the name as it's DD's name. We spell it Zoey though. And I didn't pick it to be funky I picked it because it's a beautiful name.

I think it's a wonderful name, too. And it fits your beautiful little girl beautifully!

Why, thank you. Aparently I spelled it wrong though. WTF was I thinking?

Eh, what do I know about spelling? (She says pointing to her 'Brigid' and 'Marlowe'.) It's not like you stuck a "y" in the middle of Jordan or Juliette just for fun, LOL.

Megcheer2 · April 2012

I love it. We have good friends who named their daughter Zoey and my cousin married a girl named Zoe. I love it spelled either way.

JennH28 · April 2012

I knew a very cute 6yo named Zoe. She doesn't seem to have problems with people pronouncing it right (Zoee) instead of rhyming with Joe.

BabySeaTurtles · April 2012

The name Zoe is very cute. I think it's also the original Greek spelling of the name too, and not some variation like Zoey. If I saw this name written down on something, I would pronounce it like Zoey, it would never occur to me to pronounce like Zo. But that's just me.