Given name & surname
Zoi
“a life-giving woman; alive”
Zoi is a variant of Zoe. One Greek interpretation is “a life-giving woman; alive.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zoi is a variant of Zoe. One Greek interpretation is “a life-giving woman; alive.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zoi is a variant of Zoe. An origin associated with Zoe is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zoi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 893
- 0 boys · 893 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #5,237 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,237 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 44 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 848 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zoi’s family of names
Zoi has a related form in Zoe. In German usage, Zoi has a conventional equivalent in the French form Tsoï. In Greek usage, Zoi as a surname is a transliteration of Ζώη.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zoi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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