Baby name
Zoey
/ZOH · ee/
Meaning
“life”
Modern phonetic spelling of Zoe, from Greek zoe meaning 'life'.
How it ages.
Will feel like a product of the 2000s–2020s, the 'y' spelling in particular dates it.
The cultural moment.
Top-20 in the US and Australia; the Zoe spelling is more timeless, Zoey is the more fashionable variant.