Zoe (name)

Zoe, Zoe or Zoë is a female first name and family name.

Origin and Meaning

Zoe ( Greek ζωή; Latin: vita ) means life in Greek, or more precisely " the simple fact of life which is common to all living things " (ie, plants, animals, humans and gods ) The aliveness is justified by a lifeless soul. . things have accordingly no soul. however, the term zoe can furthermore also a higher form of life call, which is more than just pure survival of the species. for example, a life in public service, which strives for fulfillment of meaning. This definition is also Aristotle, who says that man was not only born to live, but to the good life 's sake (eu zen ), which he equates with happiness ( eudaimonia ). in Plato the zoe is bound to a destiny and can be good or are poorly lived. in the Stoic philosophy, the term zoe, in the sense of physical life, spread to the whole universe. for the Stoics the human zoe kata physin must, however, ( is identical with the term eu zen ) with the help of their own reason reach. In comparison, bios means (also from Greek) " the specific life, which is a group or individual being self".

Name-day

As a name-day May 2 Catholic and additionally celebrated December 1st orthodox. There are memorials of the saints Zoë.

Variants and dissemination

Zoe is especially common in Anglo-Saxon countries and in Greece. The following variants are available:

  • Zoé, Zoë
  • Zoe, zooe, Zoo
  • Zoey, Zooey
  • Zoa
  • Soe Soe
  • Soey
  • Zoí (Greek Zωή )

Famous names winners

Saints and rulers

  • St. Zoë († 127 or 137), wife of the Hesperus, Christian martyr in Attalia
  • Zoe Karvounopsina (early 10th century ), wife of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI.
  • Zoe, Byzantine empress (around 978-1050 )
  • Sofia Palaiologa (1448-1503), Byzantine princess, niece of the last Emperor, Grand Duchess of Russia

First name

  • Zoë Akins (1886-1958), American screenwriter and playwright
  • Zoe Baker (born 1976 ), New Zealand swimmer.
  • Zoë Bell (born 1978 ), New Zealand stuntwoman and actress
  • Zoe R. Cassavetes (born 1970 ), American actress, screenwriter and film director
  • Zooey Deschanel ( born 1980 ), American actress
  • Zoe Droysen (1884-1975), German poet and writer
  • Zoë Haas (born 1962 ), Swiss skier
  • Zoë Jenny ( born 1974 ), Swiss writer
  • Zoe Kazan ( b. 1983 ), American actress and screenwriter
  • Zoë Keating (born 1972 ), American cellist and composer
  • Zoë Kravitz (* 1988), American actress
  • Zoe Leonard ( born 1961 ), American artist ( photography and installation )
  • Zoe Lofgren ( born 1947 ), American legal scholar, university teacher and politician
  • Zoe Luck ( * 1995), German actress
  • Zoe Mazah, artist name Zoe (* 1975), German - Liberian singer
  • Zoe McLellan ( born 1974 ), American actress
  • Zoe Rahman (born 1971 ), British jazz musician ( piano, composition )
  • Zoë Readhead ( born 1946 ), British educator and psychologist
  • Zoë Saldaña (born 1978 ), American actress
  • Zoé Talon (1785-1852), confidante and mistress of the French King Louis XVIII.
  • Zoé Valdés ( b. 1959 ), Cuban writer
  • Zoë Wanamaker ( born 1949 ), British actress
  • Zoë Countess Wassilko of Serecki (* 1897, † 1978) Austrian parapsychologist and astrologer
  • Zoe Weiland ( born 1984 ), German actress

Family name

  • Deborah Zoe (born 1972 ), American actress
  • Muriel Zoe (* 1969), German singer-songwriter and painter
  • Rachel Zoe (born 1971 ), American stylist

Fiction

  • Zoe is a literary figure in Gradiva by Wilhelm Jensen. She has significance for psychoanalysis obtained by Delusion and Dreams in Jensen's Gradiva W. (1907 ) by Sigmund Freud, who thereby undertook the first analysis of a literary work.
  • Zooey Franny and Zooey Glass in ( 1961) by J. D. Salinger
  • The protagonist in Killing Zoe (1993 ) by Roger Avary Cast: Julie Delpy
  • Zoey Redbird is the main character of the book series " House of Night "
  • Zoey Brooks Titelcharakterin the youth television series Zoey 101

Artist Name

  • Gorilla Zoe ( b. 1979 or 1980 prop Alonzo Mathis ), American rapper

Others

  • Renault ZOE, all-electric car
  • Camera Zoe, HTC ONE (Smartphone )
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