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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my experience while most people pronounce Zoe so it rhymes with Joey, a not insignificant number pronounce it as if it rhymes with Joe. But every name can be mispronounced.

In English, the dots are often termed dieresis, not umlaut.[/quote]

My sister is a Zoe, no umlauts, rhyming with Joe.  She likes her name and does not find it annoying.  Normally I'd agree to just spell it the traditional way, but there's no other way to spell "Zoe like Joes".[/quote]

Thank you for this. I'm the one having a baby soon named Zoe and I haven't once been asked "like Rachel Zoe" and don't assume that Zoe was always pronounced like "Zoey". Like I said, she's named after my husbands grandmother...who was born in the 1920's so it's not like it's a made up name. I have met other Zoe's (and Zoey's) and love both variations of the name! My name is very common and I still have to correct people on how it's pronounced, even though it's *very* common and not spelled weird (think along the lines of Rebecca)[/quote]

Happy to help!  Especially if it's a family name, keep it how grandma spelled and pronounced it.  I love interesting family names, great choice![/quote]

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