I’m kind of really starting to consider [name_f]Zoey[/name_f]. I think it has a sweet and quirky girl feel. But, I just can’t find a spelling I like. Despite the pretty sound, I feel like it’s one of those names that just isn’t pretty on paper. (Other names I feel the same way about: [name_f]Leah[/name_f], [name_f]Jasmine[/name_f], and [name_f]Angelique[/name_f])
I don’t like [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] because, I feel like it’s just [name_m]ZO[/name_m] since [name_m]Joe[/name_m] is [name_u]JO[/name_u].
[name_f]Zoey[/name_f] just looks made up to me.
[name_u]Zooey[/name_u] is probably my favorite, but I fear it being pronounced ZOO-EY
[name_u]Love[/name_u] the name, hate both of the -y spellings. The Y just makes it look so infantile and silly to me! For some reason I can’t picture an adult [name_f]Zoey[/name_f], but I can easily picture an adult [name_f]Zoe[/name_f]. And I think that, while [name_u]Zooey[/name_u] Deschanel has made it a little more wearable, the double O spelling would absolutely get pronounced ZOO-ee. I should also point out that it’s originally the male spelling.
I actually really like [name_m]Zo[/name_m]ë with the umlaut–I think it gives it an extra dash of character. But my favorite spelling is simple [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], which I think is popular enough that even if people looked at it on paper and thought “zo,” they’d still know how to pronounce right.
I actually think [name_u]Zooey[/name_u] looks a lot more made up than [name_f]Zoey[/name_f]. Plus, there’s the whole Zoo thing. I wouldn’t use that. I would use [name_m]Zo[/name_m]ë with the umlaut over the e.
I personally like [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], I just think it looks the nicest but all three work, [name_u]Zooey[/name_u] probably the least but that’s just me.
Zoe. To me, Zoey looks like you don’t trust people. I know this isn’t the case with you, and that your issue is how it looks on paper, but if I saw Zoey without an explanation of why the parents chose it, I’d think that they were trying to clear up the pronunciation. In addition to being most “correct,” I like Zoe because it fits in with the other names used in English-speaking countries that end in eta in Greek and e in English: Chloe, Penelope, Phoebe, which I likewise wouldn’t want to see spelled as Penelopee or Phoebey. Part of the pep, energy, and appeal of Zoe for me is the short, zippy spelling.
Zooey Deschanel is named after a male character in Franny and Zooey, and usually when people discuss the book they pronounce it zoo-ey (or, at least in my experience). Unlike Zoe, I would worry about pronunciation with Zooey because the zoo sound is totally plausible.
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f] is lovely. I think [name_m]Zo[/name_m]ё has charm as well but [name_u]Zooey[/name_u] is all male, think [name_u]Zooey[/name_u] Glass.
I don’t like [name_u]Zooey[/name_u]. I like [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], [name_f]Zoey[/name_f], and even [name_f]Zoie[/name_f] but not [name_u]Zooey[/name_u].
I can relate! I have loved [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] for years, but it took me a long time to settle on a spelling I actually like. I think I just kept writing it as [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], not really giving myself another option, because I generally prefer classic and traditional spellings. I like spelling it the [name_m]French[/name_m] way, too–[name_m]Zo[/name_m]é.
At one point, I even remember trying to talk myself out of Xoie and [name_f]Zoie[/name_f].
I do think [name_u]Zooey[/name_u] would be said like zoo-ee, and I think [name_f]Zoey[/name_f], [name_f]Zoie[/name_f], Xoe/Xoie/etc. helps perpetuate the perennially childish vibe that people complain about with [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] a lot. [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] looks sleeker and more timeless, I think. Then again, I’ve known several ladies in their sixties or so who were both [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] (this spelling), so I don’t find it cutesy or childish at all. I think it’s a great name.
I have a [name_m]Zo[/name_m]ë, my husband wanted [name_u]Zooey[/name_u] (like the [name_m]Salinger[/name_m] book) but the “y” just brought cheerleaders to mind for me.
[name_f]EDIT[/name_f]: Though the book reference can be tempting, the [name_m]Zo[/name_m]ë spelling has Byzantine empresses on its side
I prefer [name_f]Zoey[/name_f] over all of them. I agree with you that the spelling of “[name_f]Zoe[/name_f]” reminds me of the male name “[name_m]Joe[/name_m]”
I like [name_f]Zoey[/name_f] the best, because when I see [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], my first instinct is to pronounce it so that it would rhyme with [name_m]Joe[/name_m]. [name_u]Zooey[/name_u] looks made up to me with the double o, and I always want to say Zoo-ey (rhymes with too).
I love [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], and don’t mind [name_f]Zoey[/name_f], but I can’t deal with the fact that [name_u]Zooey[/name_u] looks like it should rhyme with gooey. It also seems unnecessary to have so many vowels in a row, imo. Great name though! [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] was my favorite as a little girl, and is still on my list 30 yrs later.
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f] used to be my favourite, because it was the original Greek spelling. But I’m actually liking [name_f]Zoey[/name_f] out of all of the variation. [name_u]Zooey[/name_u] sounds like ‘ZOO-ey’ and looks absolutely ridiculous. Also, [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] is super popular in Australia right now and after reading ‘House Of [name_m]Night[/name_m]’ I’m loving [name_f]Zoey[/name_f] even more since the main heroines name is [name_f]Zoey[/name_f]. I’d never use any variations though because my name is [name_f]Zara[/name_f] and [name_f]Zoey[/name_f] and [name_f]Zara[/name_f] are was too close.
