Zoë ( name ) - wikipedia Zoë ( name ) Zoe Pronunciation / ˈzoʊ. i / ZOH - ee ; / ˈzoʊ / ZOH Gender Female Origin Word / name Greek Meaning `` life '' Other names Variant form ( s ) Zoey, Zoí, Zoé, Zoie, Zoë, Zoee, Zoya, Zoi Related names Zooey Zoe ( and its variants ) is a female first name, originally from the Greek ( ζωή ). It is a calque of the Biblical Hebrew Hava / Eve ( חַוָּה ). People Zoe ( empress ) ( Zoe Porphyrogenita ) ( ca. 978 -- 1050 ), Byzantine empress Zoë ( Austrian singer ) ( Zoë Straub ) ( born 1996 ), Austrian singer, songwriter, and actress Zoë ( British singer ) ( Zoë Pollock ), English pop star Zoey ( Yuko ), J - Pop singer ( born 1984 ) Exuperius and Zoe, saints, martyrs ( died 127 ) Zoe of Rome ( died ca. 286 ), martyred saint Zoë Avril, French singer Zoë Baird, American lawyer, Attorney General nominee in 1993 Zoë Ball ( born 1970 ), English television and radio personality Zoë Bell ( born 1978 ), New Zealand stuntwoman and actress Zoe Beloff ( born 1958 ), New York - based artist Zoe Birkett ( born 1985 ), British singer Zoe Boyle, English actress Zoe Caldwell ( born 1933 ), Australian - born, US - based theatre / stage actress Zoe Cassavetes ( born 1970 ), Greek director, screenwriter and actress Zooey Deschanel ( born 1980 ), American actress and musician ( pronounces her name like `` Zoë '', though she is said to be named after Zooey Glass. ) Zoi Dimoschaki, Greek freestyle swimmer Zoe Dumitrescu - Bușulenga ( 1920 - 2006 ), Romanian literary historian Zoe Goss ( born 1968 ), Australian cricket player Zoe Karbonopsina ( died ca. 920 ), Byzantine empress Zoe Kazan ( born 1983 ), American actress Zoë Keating ( born 1972 ), Canadian - American cellist and composer Zoe Konstantopoulou ( born 1976 ), Greek politician Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya ( 1923 -- 1941 ), Russian martyr Zoë Kravitz ( born 1988 ), American actress, singer and model Zoe Labouré ( a.k.a. Catherine Labouré ). Zoe was the birth name of the visionary French Saint of the Miraculous Medal 1806 -- 1876 Zoe Laskari ( born 1945 ), Greek actress Zoë Lister ( born 1982 ), British actress Zöe Lucker ( born 1974 ), English actress best known for playing the role of Tanya Turner on ITV 's Footballers ' Wives Zoe McLellan ( born 1974 ), American actress Zoe Palaiologina ( c. 1455 -- 1503 ), wife of Tsar Ivan III of Russia Zoie Palmer ( born October 28, 1977 ), Canadian actress Zoi Paraskevopoulou, Greek archer Zoë Poledouris ( born 1973 ), American actress & film composer Zoe Saldana ( born June 19, 1978 ), American actress Zoë Salmon ( born 1980 ), Northern Irish television presenter Zoë Straub ( born 1996 ), Austrian singer, songwriter, and actress Zoe Strauss ( born 1970 ), American photographer Zoe Sugg ( born 1990 ), English beauty blogger & vlogger Zoé Valdés ( born 1959 ), Cuban writer Zoe Ventoura ( born 1981 ), Australian actress Zoe Verbiceanu ( 1893 - 1975 ), Romanian playwright and translator Zoe Viccaji, Pakistani singer Zoë Wanamaker ( born 1949 ), British - based American actress Zoe Wiseman ( born 1970 ), American Photographer and Model Zoey Zane ( aka Emily Sander ; 1989 -- 2007 ), murder victim Fictional characters Zoé ( Little Big Adventure ) Zoe ( Sesame Street ), Muppet character on Sesame Street Zoë ( Sluggy Freelance ) Zoey ( Pokémon ), Dawn 's pal Zoe ( Lee Soo - yeon ), from Missing You Zoë, character in the series Monarch of the Glen Zoey, Rudolph 's love interest in Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer : The Movie Zoe, main character played by Jennifer Lopez in The Back - up Plan Zoe, character in, and the subject of, the play The Octoroon Zoey, one of the four Survivors in Left 4 Dead Zoey, a character in Total Drama : Revenge of the Island, the fourth season of the Total Drama series Zoe, the Aspect of Twilight, champion in the League of Legends universe Zoe Aves, A character from El Tigre : The Adventures of Manny Rivera Zoe Barnes, newspaper reporter / blogger, House of Cards ( U.S. TV series ) Zoey Bartlet, youngest daughter of President Barlet on the TV series The West Wing Zoë Boutin Perry, protagonist and narrator of John Scalzi 's novel Zoe 's Tale Zoe Busiek, protagonist to the drama Wild Card ( TV series ) Zoey Brooks, main character on Zoey 101 Zoe Carpenter from British soap opera Hollyoaks Zoe Carter from Eureka Zoë Castillo ( Seeker, Nomad, Dreamer ), the primary protagonist of a computer game Dreamfall : The Longest Journey Zoe Franklin, A character from the Dork Diaries book series Zoe Graystone, from Caprica Zoey Hanson, Ichigo Momomiya 's English dub name in Tokyo Mew Mew ( Mew Mew Power ) Zoe Hange, or Hange Zoe, a character from the anime series Attack on Titan Zoe Hart in the U.S. TV series Hart of Dixie and is played by Rachel Bilson Zoe Heriot, from Doctor Who Zoe Landau, ex-wife of lead character Cal Lightman on television series Lie to Me Zoe Luper, from All My Children Zoe MacPherson, character from the Baby Blues comic strip and TV adaption Zoe Newton, character from EastEnders Zoë Nightshade, character from the Percy Jackson & the Olympians book series Zoe Orimoto ( Izumi Orimoto in Japanese version ), from Digimon Frontier Zoe Payne, from the game SSX Zoey Pierson, Ted 's environmentalist girlfriend in How I Met Your Mother Zoey Redbird, the protagonist of the House of Night novels Zoe Reynolds, from Spooks ( MI - 5 in the USA ) Zoe Rivas, from Degrassi Zoe Slater, main character from EastEnders Zoe Trent, from Littlest Pet Shop ( 2012 TV series ) Zoe Washburne, from Firefly Zoey Woodbine, from the sitcom Cybill Zoe Young, from the animated series Fantastic Max Zoe, from Chernobyl Diaries This page or section lists people that share the same given name. 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Question: what country does the name zoe come from
Answer: originally from the Greek