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Need opinions from people named Zoe/Zoey

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prigekhas · 15/06/2026 06:04

We are deciding on names for our new daughter. Zoe is our front runner.

Husband prefers Zoey spelling. I prefer Zoe, but I met an adult Zoe who said everyone pronounces it wrong. My husband also knows someone who said the same thing.

So, people who have or have used the name Zoe/Zoey, tell me your experience. Do people pronounce it correctly? Anything else I should know before we choose this name?

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Zapx · 15/06/2026 07:22

Zoe. I’ve never known anyone mispronounce it tbh

Frodocheerio · 15/06/2026 07:21

Either spelling is fine, but Zoey is one of the K Pop Demon Hunters so I’d wonder if that was the influence for that particular spelling on a baby these days!

DisplayPurposesOnly · 15/06/2026 07:20

Zoë is how you spell it to get the pronunciation.

Even as Zoe, Id have said it was well recognised and, maybe the odd person won't know it, it's easily learned.

MotherOfCrocodiles · 15/06/2026 07:20

Zoe is such a normal name, I think most people know how to pronounce this

if you want you could put a diaresis (two dots) over the e which indicates it is pronounced as a second vowel, I think this would be technically correct but most British people wouldn’t recognise it. I think this might be more popular in French though? Anyway I wouldn’t recommend it as it is a PiTA having a non standard character in your name.

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 15/06/2026 07:16

Zoe as in Zoe Ball - lovely name doesn’t need the Y.

AlwaysAFaithful · 15/06/2026 06:48

Ditch the y and use the classic spelling of this lovely name 😀

Squirrelchops1 · 15/06/2026 06:48

I went to school with a Zoey.....We're in our 40s.
Pronunciation...I'm Assuming is not Zoe like flow which is how I've heard Americans pronounce it. Rather Zoe ...2 syllables so 'flow e'?

Sunshineandgrapefruit · 15/06/2026 06:48

Zoey is not an actual name. It's an incorrect spelling of a name.

Lisanne55 · 15/06/2026 06:46

I've never met anyone who spells it Zoey. Zoe is the correct spelling. I've known quite a few Zoes and no one has ever had a problem pronouncing it.

AggroPotato · 15/06/2026 06:30

VashtaNerada · 15/06/2026 06:12

Please not Zoey. It just looks like you can’t spell.

Exactly this.

I have a close relative with the correct spelling of the name and they have never had a problem.

No "y" !!!

VashtaNerada · 15/06/2026 06:12

Please not Zoey. It just looks like you can’t spell.

WhatNextImScared · 15/06/2026 06:11

Don’t put a y on. It’s so American.

Newabodemode · 15/06/2026 06:09

There's a Mumsnet thread from 2020 on this exact question, if you search (I went via Google)....

Newabodemode · 15/06/2026 06:06

Zoe, not Zoey.
I've never met anyone who spells it Zoey. I know a few called Zoe. All aged 40+.

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