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Names like Zoe

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zozzle · 20/07/2010 15:00

...please not Chloe just because it Rhymes! I like Zoe but am really not keen on Chloe...

So basically am looking for names with the same "feel" and demographic as Zoe.

Thanks!

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LifeOfKate · 23/07/2010 11:56

Ah, ok.

Go for Zoe

mathanxiety · 22/07/2010 00:51

Juno
Josie
Zelie
Dinah
Beulah
Zara
Daphne
Charis
Calista

Girlymumoftwoboys · 21/07/2010 20:49

Suki.Beautiful name.

Pheobe-awful.

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zozzle · 21/07/2010 20:41

LifeOfKate - am almost set on Zoe as a first name which I've always loved (with the dots) but just checking I'm not missing anything I'd not thought of.

Aeldred and LuluF - I love Kezia - v. biblical also.

Pasiphae - love Ziah! particularly with the "h" on the end.

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Teapot13 · 21/07/2010 14:46

Io
Hero

LuluF · 21/07/2010 14:17

I knew someone who had a Pheobe and they were having DD2 - among the names they were thinking of was 'Kezia' but they went for Zoe in the end. Phoebe and Zoe do sound nice together.

LifeOfKate · 21/07/2010 14:11

I'm confused, are you looking for a name instead of Zoe? If so, why can't you use Zoe?
Or a middle name? Or a sister for a Zoe?

If the last one, I have known two families with girls called Zoe and Hannah...

titchy · 21/07/2010 14:02

Why not Zoe?

Aeldred · 21/07/2010 13:18

Zilla
Kezia
Ada

Pasiphae · 21/07/2010 11:49

Siloe is similar with likewise Christian connotations, but never used in England.

Zelie/Zelia, Valentina (was at school with that sibset), Ziah, Xanthe, Nina.

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zozzle · 21/07/2010 11:34

Phoebe is always the closest match to Zoe for me - prob partly due to the fact that ballerina Darcey Bussell has a 2 youngish daughters called Phoebe and Zoe so they always go together in my mind (and have same feel too and are both Greek)

Would def go for the two dots over the "e" and she would be known as Zo (to rhyme with Jo and Mo) which IMO would be quite a stark alternative to all the frilly and girly names fashionable at the mo

I like the Christian connotations of the name too - having been used in the New Testament (in original Greek) to refer to eternal life in that context

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zenoushka · 21/07/2010 09:48

Amber

GreatGooglyMoogly · 21/07/2010 09:46

Wendy
May
Rose/ Rosa
Heather
Paige
Julia
Louisa
Elise
Elsa

SuzysZoo · 21/07/2010 09:35

Why can't you use Zoe if you like it so much? I like it too and I imagine it's fine for the little girl having two dots over the "e"!!

SuzysZoo · 21/07/2010 09:35

Why can't you use Zoe if you like it so much? I like it too and I imagine it's fine for the little girl having two dots over the "e"!!

thumbwitch · 21/07/2010 00:26
  • s'ok, I don't like most of them either! (except Claire, that's ok I s'pose) - they were just contemporaries of the Zoe I knew!
arsesandoldlace · 20/07/2010 18:59

me too!

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zozzle · 20/07/2010 17:32

Love Annie, Jasmine and Pearl!

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arsesandoldlace · 20/07/2010 17:27

Zara
Honey
Honor
Danni
Jasmine
Carla/Carly
Pearl
Annie

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zozzle · 20/07/2010 17:17

Wow some fab names thanks guys - I love

Nancy
Stella
Phoebe
Francesca
Ruth
Clara
Polly
Anna
Rebecca cant use it though as cousin with this name)
Sally
Miriam
Suzy
Hazel
Lydia
Esther (cant use it though as cousin with this name)
Joy
Fay
Nina
Naomi

Not keen on Gemma, Lauren, Natalie, Victoria, Isabelle, Mabel and most of thumbwitchs list (sorry thumbwitch!)

Some great names though - yes I guess I see zoe as slightly artistic and bohemian too - but not too way out (in case she wants to become a lawyer, doctor, primeminister etc!!!) Nice classic, ancient name - used for thousands of years etc and not too fashionable at the mo (I dont do trends)

Thanks

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letsblowthistacostand · 20/07/2010 16:52

I always associate Zoe with

Skye
Megan
Stephanie
Franny (sorry)

PaintingTheFence · 20/07/2010 16:09

Phoebe
Francesca
Ruth
Carine
Zara
Marina
Katherine
Lauren
Alexandra
Victoria
Natalie
Anna
Rebecca
Holly
Evelyn
Jessica
Rowena
Catriona
Sarah
Georgina

zenoushka · 20/07/2010 16:08

Tara

zenoushka · 20/07/2010 16:08

Isabelle

MrsBadger · 20/07/2010 16:05

minipie is right

Polly
Sally
Grace
Susan
Eloise
Lydia
Fiona
Miriam