Best spelling? Zoë Zoe Zoey Zooey

[Anonymous]

Zoe for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zoe. No question.

I wouldn’t. People will pronounce it, Zo. DDs friend has to correct people all the time I would add the y.

I’ve never heard someone pronounce it this way or hear of people having issues with ‘Zoe’. It’s pretty commonly known how to pronounce.

I like Zoe or Zoey, no dots and def not ‘zoo’

[Anonymous]

I used Zoe and nobody has had any issue mispronouncing or spelling it. At least not that I know of!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Zoe. No question.

This!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I prefer it with the diaeresis, because that's how it's pronounced, but some people are going to find it weird and it'll complicate spelling.

The problem is that many modern devices are complicated to find the correct punctuation. I have a friend Noël and noone uses the diaersis. When she does use it, some people question it. If you use the punctuation, just be prepared that you will be one of the only people who use it.

I would go with Zoe or Zoey (Zooey is going to be mispronounced as ZOO-ee by many) and will be mispelled by almost all, regularly. If you pick Zooey, you are condemning your child to having to correct their name almost every day of their life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Zoie?

Congratulations! You managed to butcher the name worst than Zooey.

[Anonymous]

Well

Zoe is pronounced with out the E sound since it does not have the diaeresis.

So Zoey will prevent her from being called Zo.

I’d go with Zoey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For me, Zooey is Zoo-ee. Like as in Franny and Zooey.

Except Salinger’s agent says that’s pronounced the same as Zoe/Zoey, rhymes with “snowy”

https://slate.com/culture/2010/02/franny-and-who-ey.html

[Anonymous]

American? Living in the US? Zoe.

[Anonymous]

Definitely Zoe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zoe. No question.

I wouldn’t. People will pronounce it, Zo. DDs friend has to correct people all the time I would add the y.

I’ve never heard someone pronounce it this way or hear of people having issues with ‘Zoe’. It’s pretty commonly known how to pronounce.

I like Zoe or Zoey, no dots and def not ‘zoo’

My friend Zoe is pronounced Zo. She's of German descent (but American) and explained that if she was a Zo-EE there would be an umlaut. It makes sense to me phonetically, but seems like an outlier position.

OP I think the ones with y's look kind of silly, but this name seems to be a free for all.

[Anonymous]

Zoe only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I prefer it with the diaeresis, because that's how it's pronounced, but some people are going to find it weird and it'll complicate spelling.

The problem is that many modern devices are complicated to find the correct punctuation. I have a friend Noël and noone uses the diaersis. When she does use it, some people question it. If you use the punctuation, just be prepared that you will be one of the only people who use it.

I would go with Zoe or Zoey (Zooey is going to be mispronounced as ZOO-ee by many) and will be mispelled by almost all, regularly. If you pick Zooey, you are condemning your child to having to correct their name almost every day of their life.

Surely, you mean noöne.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zoe. No question.

I wouldn’t. People will pronounce it, Zo. DDs friend has to correct people all the time I would add the y.

This is dumb. Do you also spell it Chloey? People will learn. Even if they start out functionally illiterate, they will learn. You have to teach them, not give in to morons.

[Anonymous]

Not zoo-ey. Please. No. Only Salinger can get away with that and he became a recluse b/c all the girls named Zoo-ey blamed him for their getting made fun of daily.