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in reply to a message by foxgloves
I used to really like it. Now I still think it's nice but it feels so overdone and I think it is already about to feel really dated. Zoe is perfectly fine but Zoie, Zoey etc are awful, in my opinion. Hardly anyone would pronounce it with one syllable. It is super common! Now it is already on its way down so its best times are behind it. It still makes a nice middle name and has a great meaning but it feels tired. I like Zoe Helena but I like Zoe better in the middle. Helena Zoe is actually really nice.
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it's hard for me to visualize sometimes how common a name is nowadays, since i don't know many young children, and it was never a common among my age group, on top of me not currently living in the US. so many top 100/etc names don't seem tired to me, ex Jacob or Olivia.
i agree Zoey/Zoie is awful...tbh i think i was a little wary of it being misspelled like that because of the show Zoey 101, which i loved as a kid, and i think many people my age who grew up on Nickolodeon would also think of that. (on that note, i remember a joke in the show where her name was misspelled Zowie).
thanks for suggesting Helena Zoe, it does flow better.
i agree Zoey/Zoie is awful...tbh i think i was a little wary of it being misspelled like that because of the show Zoey 101, which i loved as a kid, and i think many people my age who grew up on Nickolodeon would also think of that. (on that note, i remember a joke in the show where her name was misspelled Zowie).
thanks for suggesting Helena Zoe, it does flow better.
This message was edited 2/17/2018, 7:35 AM
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My little sister is 12 and I’ve been going through her yearbooks since she was 6, not once have I ever came across a Zoe! I have a distant cousin named Zoe who I believe is around 4 now but that’s the only Zoe I’ve ever come across, and I’m young myself (18).
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yea, i think it's mainly kids 4 or under, and mainly 1-2 year olds at that. names get and lose popularity fast.
my sister is 18, and yea i don't remember her ever mentioning a Zoe.
my sister is 18, and yea i don't remember her ever mentioning a Zoe.
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Zoe is at #35 and Zoey is at #26. That already makes it very common and we didn't even add Zoie, Zoee etc. yet which are also being used. If you don't know many that might be because it isn't common in your area or because you don't know many children in that age group. In England it's only at #92 but it used to be as high as #31 so I guess it's a bit out of style there. In the US #30 was the highest Zoe went up to (so it has gone down a bit) Zoey was in the top 20 at #20 (so it has lost popularity too). You should check a combined spellings list my guess is that it would have been in the top 15. Not trying to talk you out of it, I love Lily which is crazy common. It's just something to be aware of because these statistics are pretty reliable and even if you don't know any now she might encounter many other Zoes and Zoeys at school. It makes me sad how Zoey is more popular than Zoe :(
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i haven't lived in the US for four years, and i didn't know many little kids back then, so i honestly would have no idea that it's common if not for the popularity charts on this site. though funnily enough, Zoé is apparently in the Top 10 here in Hungary (though i don't know many little kids here either).
i'm on and off about how much i care about a name being too common. it's not as big a deal to me if it hasn't been common for ages, like John or Kate. also i'm not having kids for like, probably 7 years at least, so a lot could change.
and yeaaa it's a shame Zoey is more common...would lead to more Zoe's having to correct people too.
i'm on and off about how much i care about a name being too common. it's not as big a deal to me if it hasn't been common for ages, like John or Kate. also i'm not having kids for like, probably 7 years at least, so a lot could change.
and yeaaa it's a shame Zoey is more common...would lead to more Zoe's having to correct people too.
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