Zoe
Zoe is a girl name of Greek origin, ranked #33 in popularity, meaning Life.
What Zoe means
Life.
Zoe is short — 3 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Zoe comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Zoe is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Zoe?
Zoe is ranked #33. Names in this band tend to be the comfortable middle ground — recognised everywhere, but common enough to need no explanation and rare enough to still feel chosen.
The character of Zoe
Zoe sits in our Life group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Life
Names like Zoe
These share Zoe's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
- Genesis — Origin; the beginning.
- Persephone — Goddess of spring; bringer of life.
- Ambrose — Immortal.
- Ava — Life, bird, living one.
- Evelyn — Wished-for child; life.
- Aisha — Alive; living.
- Aiyana — Eternal blossom.
- Anastasia — Resurrection; rebirth.
- April — Opening buds of spring.
- Asha — Life; hope.
- Aviva — Springlike; fresh.