Zoe (name)
Encyclopedia
| Zoe, Zoí, Zoé, Zoa, Zoë, Zoey, Zoee, Zoya | |
| Gender: | Primarily Female |
|---|---|
| Origin: | Greek |
| Meaning: | life |
Zoe (and variants) is a feminine first name, which came from ancient Greece and means "life
Life
Life is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have signaling and self-sustaining processes from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased , or else because they lack such functions and are classified as inanimate...
" in Greek.
People
- Zoë (singer)Zoe (singer)Zoë is a British pop singer and songwriter, who had brief success in 1991 with two hit singles, "Sunshine on a Rainy Day", which climbed to #4 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Lightning", which reached #37...
, English pop star ("Sunshine On A Rainy Day", 1991) - Zoey, J-Pop singer (born 1984)
- Zoe of Rome (died ca. 286) martyred saint
- Zoë BallZoë BallZoë Louise Ball is an English television and radio personality, most famous for becoming the first female host of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show and for her earlier work presenting the 1990s children's show, Live & Kicking.-TV career:The daughter of the children's TV presenter Johnny Ball and his...
(born 1970), English television and radio personality - Zoë BellZoë BellZoë E. Bell is a stuntwoman and actress from New Zealand. Some of her most notable stunt work includes doubling for Lucy Lawless on Xena: Warrior Princess and for Uma Thurman in Kill Bill. As an actress, she has appeared both on television and in feature films and also starred in the web series...
(born 1978), New Zealand stuntwoman and actress - Zoe BirkettZoe BirkettZoe Birkett was one of the youngest contestants on the ITV show, Pop Idol, being only 16 at the time.-Music career:...
(born 1985), British singer - Zoe CaldwellZoe CaldwellZoe Caldwell, OBE is an Australian-born actress.-Early life:She was born as Ada Caldwell in Melbourne, Australia and was raised in the suburb of Balwyn in Yongala Street. Her father, Edgar, was a plumber and her mother, Zoe, was a taxi dancer. Caldwell's mother, Zoe, had a Peugeot of 1950 vintage...
(born 1933), AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n-born, USUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based theatre/stage actress - Zooey DeschanelZooey DeschanelZooey Claire Deschanel is an American actress, musician, and singer-songwriter. In 1999, Deschanel made her film debut in Mumford, followed by her breakout role as young protagonist William Miller's troubled older sister Anita in Cameron Crowe's 2000 semi-autobiographical film Almost Famous...
(born 1980), American actress and musician, pronounces her name like "Zoë", though she is said to be named after Zooey Glass.) - Zoi DimoschakiZoi DimoschakiZoi Dimoschaki is a Greek freestyle swimmer. Dimoschaki administered the Olympic Oath at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics....
, Greek freestyle swimmer - Zoe Falkenberg (1992-2001), an 8-year-old passenger on American Airlines Flight 77American Airlines Flight 77American Airlines Flight 77 was American Airlines' daily scheduled morning transcontinental flight, from Washington Dulles International Airport, in Dulles, Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California...
on September 11, 2001 - Zoe GossZoe GossZoe Jean Goss is a former right-hand batter and right-arm fast-medium bowler who played 12 Tests and 65 One Day Internationals for the Australian women's cricket team between 1987 and 2000....
(born 1968), Famous Australian cricket player - Zoe KarbonopsinaZoe KarbonopsinaZoe Karbonopsina, also Karvounopsina or Carbonopsina, i.e., "with the Coal-Black Eyes" , was fourth wife of the Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise and the mother of Constantine VII....
(died ca. 920), Byzantine empress - Zoe KazanZoe Kazan-Early life and education:Kazan was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, and the granddaughter of film and theatre director Elia Kazan...
(born 1983), American actress - Zoya KosmodemyanskayaZoya KosmodemyanskayaZoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya, alternatively Romanised as Kosmodem'yanskaya was a Soviet partisan, and a Hero of the Soviet Union...
(1923-1941) Russian martyr - Zoë KravitzZoe KravitzZoë Isabella Kravitz is an American actress, singer and model. She is the daughter of musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet. She has appeared in the films The Brave One with Jodie Foster, and No Reservations with Catherine Zeta-Jones...
(born 1988), American actress, singer and model - Zoe LaskariZoe LaskariZoe Laskari , is a Greek film and theatre actress, one of the most popular in Greece.-Life:Zoe Laskari was born Zoe Kouroukli in Thessaloniki, from a middle class family which had a long tradition of service to the Hellenic Army. At an early age she lost both her parents and was raised by her...
(born 1945), GreekGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
actress - Zoë ListerZoë ListerZoë Lister is an English actress from Stoke Prior, Worcestershire, best known for playing Zoe Carpenter in British soap Hollyoaks. She grew up in Callow Hill near Redditch. where she has lived for most of her life. She trained at the Starlight School of Dance in Winyates, Redditch. Previous to...
(born 1982) British actress - Zöe LuckerZöe LuckerZöe Elizabeth Lucker is an English actress best known for playing the roles of Tanya Turner on ITV's Footballers' Wives and Vanessa Gold in EastEnders.-Career:...
(born 1974) English actress best known for playing the role of Tanya Turner on ITV's Footballers' Wives - Zoe Palaiologina (ca. 1455 - 1503), wife of Tsar Ivan III of Russia
- Zoë PoledourisZoë PoledourisZoë Poledouris is an actress and film composer, daughter of a film composer Basil Poledouris.-Biography:The elder of Basil Poledouris' two daughters, Zoë was born on August 25, 1973 in Los Angeles. She grew up interpreting her father's music with movement on ice as a competitive figure skater...
(born 1973), American actress & film composer - Zoe PorphyrogenitaZoe (empress)Zoe reigned as Byzantine Empress alongside her sister Theodora from April 19 to June 11, 1042...
(ca. 978 – 1050), Byzantine empress - Zoe SaldanaZoe SaldanaZoe Saldana , sometimes stylized Zoë Saldaña, is an American actress. She had her breakthrough role in the 2000 film Center Stage and later gained prominence for her roles as Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek, and a starring role...
(born June 19, 1978), American actress - Zoe Livett (born 28 August; 1983), English model from East London
- Zoë SalmonZöe SalmonZöe Salmon is a television presenter who hosted the children's television show Blue Peter from 23 December 2004 to 25 June 2008. She also appeared on Dancing on Ice in early 2009.-Life and career:...
(born 1980), a Northern Irish television presenter - Zoe StraussZoe Strauss-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Strauss was given a camera for her 30th birthday and started taking pictures of life in the city’s marginal neighborhoods. She is a photo-based installation artist who uses Philadelphia as a primary setting and subject for her work...
(born 1970), American photographer - Zoé ValdésZoé ValdésZoé Valdés is a Cuban writer.She studied in the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, but never graduated. From 1984 to 1988, she worked at the Delegación de Cuba in UNESCO in Paris, and in the Oficina Cultural de la Misión de Cuba in Paris. From 1990 to 1995, she was an editor of the...
(born 1959), Cuban writer - Zoë WanamakerZoe WanamakerZoë Wanamaker, CBE is an American-British actress. She has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company; in films, including the Harry Potter series; and in a number of television productions, including a long-time role as Susan Harper in the sitcom My Family.-Early life and family:Wanamaker was...
(born 1949), British-based AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress - Zoey Zane (aka Emily Sander; 1989 - 2007), murder victim
Fictional characters
- Zoë (Sluggy Freelance)
- Zoé (Little Big Adventure)
- Zoey (Pokémon)
- Zoe (Sesame Street)Zoe (Sesame Street)Zoe is a 3-year-old, orange female monster on Sesame Street, performed by Fran Brill. She was designed in her color to complement her best friend Elmo, who was gaining popularity at her introduction in 1993....
, a Muppet character on Sesame Street - Zoe, a character in, and the subject of, the play The OctoroonThe OctoroonThe Octoroon is a play by Dion Boucicault, which opened in 1859 at The Winter Garden Theatre. Boucicault adapted the play from the novel The Quadroon by Thomas Mayne Reid . It concerns the residents of a Louisiana plantation called Terrebonne. The play was very popular in its day, and sparked...
- Zoë, a character in the series Monarch of the Glen
- Zoey, one of the four Survivors in Left 4 DeadLeft 4 DeadLeft 4 Dead is a cooperative first-person shooter video game. It was developed by Turtle Rock Studios, which was purchased by Valve Corporation during development. The game uses Valve's proprietary Source engine, and is available for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and Mac OS X...
- Zoey BartletZoey BartletZoey Patricia Bartlet is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Moss on the television serial drama The West Wing. Zoey is the youngest of President Josiah Bartlet and Abbey Bartlet's three daughters, and is more prominently featured in the series than either of her sisters.Zoey and...
, youngest daughter of President BarletJosiah BartletJosiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet is a fictional character played by Martin Sheen on the television serial drama The West Wing. He is President of the United States for the entire series until the last episode, when his successor is inaugurated...
on the TV series The West Wing - Zoë Boutin Perry, protagonist and narrator of John ScalziJohn ScalziJohn Michael Scalzi II is an American author and online writer, and president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Hugo Award-nominated science fiction novel Old Man's War, released by Tor Books in January 2005, and for his blog , at which he has written...
's novel Zoe's TaleZoe's TaleZoe's Tale is the fourth full-length book by John Scalzi set in the Old Man's War universe.-Plot synopsis:Zoe's Tale is a retelling of Scalzi's third Old Man's War novel, The Last Colony, written as a first-person narrative from the viewpoint of Zoë Boutin Perry... - Zoe Busiek, protagonist to the drama Zoe Busiek: WildcardWild Card (TV series)Wild Card is an American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July 2005.-Synopsis:...
- Zoey Brooks, main character on Zoey 101Zoey 101Zoey 101 is an American television series that ran from January 9, 2005 to May 2, 2008 starring Jamie Lynn Spears as teenager Zoey Brooks, produced for Nickelodeon and syndicated worldwide. The show was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, then at stages in Valencia,...
- Zoe Carter from Eureka (TV series)Eureka (TV series)Eureka is an American science fiction television series that premiered on Syfy on July 18, 2006. Since then four seasons have aired, and a fifth is currently being filmed. The second half of season 4 began on SyFy on July 11, 2011 and ended on September 19, 2011...
- Zoe Alexis Carter from Venus Envy (webcomic)Venus Envy (webcomic)Venus Envy is a webcomic written and drawn by Erin Lindsey that deals with transgender issues. It originally updated five days a week, then later a very sporadic Tue-Thu-Sat schedule...
- Zoe CarpenterZoe CarpenterZoe Carpenter is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Zoë Lister. The character first appeared on-screen on 1 September 2006, as one of three new students at Hollyoaks Community College. It was announced in 2009 that Lister had quit her role in order to...
from British soap opera HollyoaksHollyoaksHollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill... - Zoë Castillo (Seeker, Nomad, Dreamer), the primary protagonist of a computer game Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
- Zoe GraystoneZoe GraystoneZoe Graystone is a fictional character portrayed by Alessandra Torresani in the Caprica television series. The character becomes the first Cylon created by Daniel Graystone...
, from Caprica - Zoey Hanson, Ichigo Momomiya's English dub name in Tokyo Mew MewTokyo Mew Mew, also known as Mew Mew Power, is a Japanese shōjo manga series written by Reiko Yoshida and illustrated by Mia Ikumi. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from September 2000 to February 2003, and later published in seven tankōbon volumes by Kodansha from February 2001 to April 2003...
(Mew Mew Power) - Zoe HeriotZoe HeriotZoe Heriot , or simply Zoe, is a fictional character played by Wendy Padbury in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
, from Doctor Who - Zoe Landau, ex-wife of lead character Cal Lightman on television series Lie to Me
- Zoe LuperZoe (All My Children)Zoe is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama All My Children, and is credited as the first transgender character to appear on a soap opera at the beginning of a male to female gender transition. She was portrayed by actor Jeffrey Carlson in August 2006 and then again from November 29,...
, from All My ChildrenAll My ChildrenAll My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most... - Zoe MacPherson, a character from the Baby Blues comic strip
- Zoe Newton, a character from EastendersEastEndersEastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
- Zoë Nightshade, a character from the Percy Jackson & the OlympiansPercy Jackson & the OlympiansPercy Jackson & the Olympians is a pentalogy of adventure and fantasy fiction books authored by Rick Riordan. The series consists of five books, as well as spin-off titles such as The Demigod Files and Demigods and Monsters. Set in the United States, the books are predominantly based on Greek...
book series - Zoe OrimotoZoe OrimotoZoe Orimoto, known in Japan as , is a fictional character in the anime series Digimon Frontier. In this series, a group of chosen human children are given the ability to turn into Digimon...
, from Digimon Frontier - Zoey Redbird, the protagonist of the House of Night novels
- Zoe ReynoldsZoe ReynoldsZoe Reynolds is a fictional case officer in the counterterrorism department of MI5, featured in the British television series, Spooks, also known as MI5 in the United States. The character was played by Keeley Hawes...
, from Spooks (MI-5 in the USA) - Zoe SlaterZoe SlaterZoe Slater is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Michelle Ryan. She made her first appearance on the 18 September 2000...
, a main character from EastendersEastEndersEastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End... - Zoe Washburne, from Firefly
- Zoe Payne, from the game SSXSSXSSX is the first in the SSX series of snowboarding video games...
- Zoey Pierson , Ted's girlfriend in How I met your mother