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The first name 
Zoey

Zoey is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.

The name Zoey is very popular!

The first name Zoey is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #24 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Zoey, accounting for approximately 0.40 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 103,036 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Zoey. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Zoey

What does the name 
Zoey mean?

The first name Zoey stands for ‘the living one’. The Greek word ‘zoḗ’ translated means ‘life’ or ‘alive’. There are several spellings for the name, but their meaning is the same.

Did you know… that the first French atomic reactor was called Zoé.

Zoey is a name shared by several famous people

Main Character from Zoey 101

Zoey Brooks
Zoey 101 is an American teen sitcom which was originally aired on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008. It is named for its main character Zoey Brooks who was portrayed by Jamie Lynn Spears, younger sister of popstar Britney Spears. The show follows the experiences of teenager Zoey and her friends as they attend Pacific Coast Academy, a fictional boarding school. It became one of the highest rated programs on the telestation.

An American Actress

Zoey Deutch (*1994)
Zoey Francis Chaya Thompson Deutch is an American actress. Her role in 'Everybody Wants Some!!' (2016) is considered as her breakthrough. She is also known for starring in 'Why him?' (2016), 'Before I Fall' (2017), 'Vampire Academy' (2014), 'Zombieland: Double Tap' (2019) as well as in the TV series 'The Politician' (released in 2019). She is the daughter of director Howard Deutch and actress-director Lea Thompson ('Back to the Future', 1985, 1989, 1990).

A Writer's Pen Name

Zoey Dean
Zoey Dean is a pen name for the authors of the series 'The A-List' and 'How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls', which was renamed as the TV show 'Privileged' on the CW. Behind the pseudonym is the couple Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld. The two writers have been publishing as Zoey Dean since 2008. The books are produced by media packager Alloy Entertainment.

A Female Wrestling Champion

Zoey Stark (*1994)
Theresa Serrano, better known by the ring name Zoey Stark, is an American professional wrestler. She made her debut on June 8, 2013, at Vendetta Pro Wrestling. In 2019 , she won the FSW Women's Championship, defeating Taya Valkyrie for the title. In January 2021, it was announced that Serrano had signed a contract with WWE.

Go on a journey to places 
with your name

When you hear the name Zoey, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Zoey? Are you also called Zoey? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...

In Austin, Texas...

you can find Zoey Lane. The inconspicuous road is located just behind the picturesque Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park.

In the middle of nowhere...

in Vernon, Connecticut, USA, people go past Zoey Drive every day.

There are many other small streets in the USA...

with the name Zoey: in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in Snellville, Georgia or in Greenup, Kentucky, for example.

Zoey -
at home in every state from California to New York

The name Zoey may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Zoey is apparently especially popular in Nevada. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 442 women in Nevada is called Zoey. In total, that’s 1,010 women who feel addressed when the name Zoey is shouted loudly across Nevada and who ensure that their name makes it to #112 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Zoey as the answer a total of 103,028 times. This places Zoey at #325 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Zoey as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.

Zoey has 4 letters 
and begins with a Z

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter Z is quite rare as a first letter for girls' names: only 1.9% of all common girls' names in the US begin with Z. By the way, the most common first letters of girls' names are A, S and M, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of girls' names.

With four letters, the name Zoey is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that with 1.9% of all girls' names beginning with a Z, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are girls' names with Z that are quite popular, the most common at present is Zoe.

Other names with 
Z, o, e and y

If you take all the letters in the name Zoey – Z, o, e and y – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Zoye.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Zoey

If your name is Zoey and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Zoey

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Zoey, you can simply say:

Zebra

Orange

Elephant

Yoyo

This is how the name Zoey is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Zoey in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Zoey

Zoey

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Zoey

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Zoey is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

Z
O
E
Y

Have you ever waved the name Zoey

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

Z
O
E
Y

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Zoey sounds like this: