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Help[Opinions] Zoe
After disliking this name for so many years, I've developed a fondness for it. I'm not sure why.
So...what do you think of Zoe? Do you prefer the ZO-ee pronunciation, or the ZO pronunciation, with a long "O"?
Thanks, guys. :)
So...what do you think of Zoe? Do you prefer the ZO-ee pronunciation, or the ZO pronunciation, with a long "O"?
Thanks, guys. :)
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I love Zoe! Definately pronounced Zo-ee, it's a little too popular for me to use it, and there are names I love more but it is a great name
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"ZO-ee," definitely. One syllable? Pfpht. Zoe is a zippy, energetic name that can't be contained in just one syllable. She cries out for her due, which is two syllables.
Are you interested in combos?
Are you interested in combos?
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Sure! :)
Feel free to provide me with combos, if the mood strikes you.
Feel free to provide me with combos, if the mood strikes you.
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It's cool and urban. it fits a small girl and a grown woman. i prefer the ee at the end. i know a little girl najed Zoe. her full name is Zoetta.
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Zoetta? I kind of like it. It's weird, but weird in a good way.
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As is pretty well-known here, my mother's name was Zoe, and in our family we pronounced it ZO, with the long O. My college roommate's name was Zoe, and she also pronounced it ZO. I think the latter fact is what made me insist for a long time that ZO was an acceptable alternate pronunciation. But this site doesn't list it as one, and I don't think I've seen it listed as one anywhere else, either. I've finally come to accept the fact that my family and my roommate's family were just wrong. Then again, if people want to pronounce it that way, what is there to stop them?
My daughter's middle name is Zoe, after my mother and my grandmother, whose middle name it was. We pronounce it ZO because, being that is the pronunciation my mother used, it just wouldn't seem right otherwise. I used to hate the name, because of that pronunciation, and also probably influenced by my mother's hatred of her name (and hate it she did, believe me.) However, I've come to like it with the ZO-ee pronunciation. So I like it, though I don't think I like it enough to ever use it as a first name, and I wouldn't have used it as a middle name if it hadn't been a family name.
My daughter's middle name is Zoe, after my mother and my grandmother, whose middle name it was. We pronounce it ZO because, being that is the pronunciation my mother used, it just wouldn't seem right otherwise. I used to hate the name, because of that pronunciation, and also probably influenced by my mother's hatred of her name (and hate it she did, believe me.) However, I've come to like it with the ZO-ee pronunciation. So I like it, though I don't think I like it enough to ever use it as a first name, and I wouldn't have used it as a middle name if it hadn't been a family name.
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This reminds me of my dh's family. When we married, I was surprised to learn that his gf (Boyd Evan) pronounced his mn ee-VAN. Wow! Not only that, but his ds and gs (Allen Evan) also pronounced their mns the same. Another child (who is Anna's age) is Robert Evan (goes by both names) and finally, someone is pronouncing this name correctly!
Than again, it's not a name's pronunciation that bugs me -- it's the spelling. As longs as that's okay, then I'm good. ;-)
I'm curious. If your mother hated Zoe, how did she feel when you gave it to your dd?
Than again, it's not a name's pronunciation that bugs me -- it's the spelling. As longs as that's okay, then I'm good. ;-)
I'm curious. If your mother hated Zoe, how did she feel when you gave it to your dd?
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She was very touched. When I told her I was going to do it, she just said, "Oh." She wasn't very verbally demonstrative, though she said it in a pleased tone. Then at my daughter's christening, when the minister said the name "Victoria Zoe", I looked at my mother, and she had tears in her eyes. This is the example I often cite when somebody says, "I know that my grandmother wouldn't have wanted me to use her exact name to honor her, because she hated her name." Nope, ain't necessarily so!
The fact that my mother died when my daughter was thirteen months old made me glad that I used her name, and glad that she at least lived to see that.
The fact that my mother died when my daughter was thirteen months old made me glad that I used her name, and glad that she at least lived to see that.
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Ooh, I'm so glad she lived to see it as well. Great story, Janice.
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I agree with this.
My grandmother hated her name (mostly because her father named her and she didn't have a good opinion of him, and since she was a tenth child her name was a bit of an afterthought), not to mention the fact that everyone called here Bara or Barica, but she was thrilled when I told her that I plan to name my future daughter Barbara after her.
The thing is, my wanting to honor her has nothing to do with her particular name and everything to do with my love for her (at least that's how I see honoring).
My grandmother hated her name (mostly because her father named her and she didn't have a good opinion of him, and since she was a tenth child her name was a bit of an afterthought), not to mention the fact that everyone called here Bara or Barica, but she was thrilled when I told her that I plan to name my future daughter Barbara after her.
The thing is, my wanting to honor her has nothing to do with her particular name and everything to do with my love for her (at least that's how I see honoring).
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I have a family member Renee pronounced REN-ee. :P I think it's a cute pronunciation, but when I look at her name and hear it, it makes my brain hurt a little.
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There's something quirky about Zoe that appeals to me although I couldn't ever see myself using it. I find it somewhat trendy but prefer it to the similar Chloe (the 'chl' sound is unappealing to me). ETA: Joey Fatone (formerly of NSYNC) and his wife named their baby girl Kloey. Her older sis is Briahna. Yikes, they had to mess up both names!
Definitely the ZO-ee pronunciation is best.
Definitely the ZO-ee pronunciation is best.
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I very much enjoy Zoe, with the ZO-ee pronunciation. It's cute but not cutesy if that makes any sense. I knew a really awesome little girl who would about 11, I think now named Zoe, she was a tomboy when she was 4-7 (when I knew her), she was African-American with very dark skin and curly hair and classes, the name really seemed to suit her.
The ZO pronunciation makes me think of Zooplankton and the Zoology class at my school cause people just call that "zo", so I'm not really a fan.
The ZO pronunciation makes me think of Zooplankton and the Zoology class at my school cause people just call that "zo", so I'm not really a fan.
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I love Zoe but now I am beginning to think that it is too infantile and cutesy. I have only heard it as ZO-ee.
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I love Zoe and I think it unjustly gets labeled as trendy sometimes because of the -ee sound. It is just a nice old Greek name to me that has a nice meaning. I like the name pronounced ZO-ee (in English) and zo-EE (in Greek).
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I quite like it, though not enough to use. Definitely ZO-ee of course! Once I knew a Zoe Mabel, which I find positively dashing!
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I love Zoe pronunced Zo-ee as a nick name for Zosime
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It's one of my least favorite names. :(
I prefer the ZO-ee pronunciation.
I prefer the ZO-ee pronunciation.
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I rather like it, but then again, it is the name of one of my cousins, so i'm a little biased.
But generally, I suppose i'm indifferent to it, but it's still a nice name.
But generally, I suppose i'm indifferent to it, but it's still a nice name.
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