name
Zoe
ZOH-ee
ˈzoʊiːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Zoe
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Aromanian (Balkans)
- Meaning
- an Aromanian and broader Balkan feminine name meaning life in Greek, widely used among the Aromanian people, a Romance-speaking community of the Balkans known also as Vlachs, who inhabit the mountain regions of Greece, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania; the Aromanians speak a language descended from Vulgar Latin that developed in isolation in the Pindus and Balkan mountain ranges, and their naming traditions blend Latin-derived, Greek, and Orthodox Christian elements reflecting their position at the intersection of Romance linguistic heritage and Byzantine Orthodox religious culture
- Gender
- female
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