Zoé
Fewer than a hundred women in Poland carry this spelling: most Poles have never met one. The accent marks it as the French form, from the Greek word for "life".
Zoé Pronunciation
Zoé is pronounced ZOÉ (/zɔé/).
What Zoé means
Where Zoé comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zoé begins in Greek, in the single word zōē, meaning life. When Greek-speaking Jews translated the Hebrew scriptures into the Septuagint, they gave Eve the name Zoe, the mother of the living, so the name and the idea of life sat close from the start. Christian Rome kept it. A woman called Zoe of Rome died a martyr under Diocletian, and her name entered the church calendar, where it still marks a name-day.
The French gave Zoé its accent. With the acute é it spread through French families across the nineteenth century, and from there it reached Poland.
On a Polish class register the é often loses its mark, and a girl sits as Zoe among the Zuzannas and Zofias. The spelling shifts. The meaning does not: zōē, life.
How many people are named Zoé
1 in 304646 women in Poland is named Zoé. 74 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4187 among female names.
Zoé's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Zoé is most popular
Zoé is most popular in Lesser Poland, 852% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Lesser Poland2 girls born+852%
Zoé as a middle name
Zoé is a first name for 74 women in Poland and a middle name for another 13, an 85/15 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2123rd, between Zonia (13) and Zoë (13).
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#2121 Yến13
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#2122 Zonia13
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#2123 Zoé13
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#2124 Zoë13
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#2125 Özlem13