Given name & surname

Zoël

“life”

Zoël is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Zoël goes back to Latin Zoelus, meaning “life.”

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Where it comes from

Zoël comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Zoelus.

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Zoël’s family of names

In French usage, Zoël has a feminine form in Zoëlle. In French usage, Zoël has a related form in Zoel.

Walk Zoël’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Zoël

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Similar names

If you love Zoël, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Ancient Greek

Zénobe

Zénobe is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in French.

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>99% boys

Latin

Zacheusz

“to be pure”

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>99% boys

Latin

Zéșar

Zéșar is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Romagnol.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Zósimo

Zósimo is a given name from Latin. It is used in Spanish.

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Latin

Zosimas

Zosimas is a given name from Latin. It is used in Lithuanian.

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Latin

Longwell

“long village”

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Latin

Oller

“potter”

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Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Mickaël

“who” · “like”

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Zoël’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Zoël