Zooey

Where Zooey comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Zooey.

  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Zooey through the years
  1. 2003
    First appearance
    #13,844 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2012
    Peak, #1,249
    194 babies named Zooey, the most in any year.
  3. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,340.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Zoë.
Namesakes

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