Need opinions from people named Zoe/Zoey

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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?

Do you mean it’s a first name? It’s from the Greek word for life.

There was a celebrity stylist called Rachel Zoe who was very du jour a few years back. I read something on her that explained her surname was pronounced rhyming with Joe/ toe and it stuck in my mind as quite unusual. So it seems the examples getting on people’s nerves on this thread are Americanisms.

That’s why it needs to be spelt correctly - Zoë 😊

Just to throw in the mix I know a Zowie , but I always prefer the standard spelling so my vote is Zoe

I worked with a girl who spelt her name Zoie as an alternative I guess.