Where the spelling 조이 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 조이 for Zoe.
People in the list with this given name:
- 살다나, 조이 — Saldana, Zoe
- 허낸데즈, 로런 조이 — Hernandez, Lauren Zoe
Sound by sound
Zo조e이
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Other possible spellings
조Jo · in the NIKL list (1)
What Zoe means
Zoe by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 107, 138,395 babies (99.7% girls, 0.3% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 조이: 2.
Korean names for Zoe
These are the converter’s results for Zoe as a girl’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
이소이Lee SoiGirl’s name · 77% sound match
이재이Lee JaeiGirl’s name · 69% sound match
이주아Lee JuaGirl’s name · 66% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Meaning
Korean names from what Zoe means.
Your name means: 삶 · life (from Ancient Greek ζωή)
이소명Lee SomyeongUsed for boys and girls · Meaning: Long life, health소 昭 bright, luminous명 命 life
이명서Lee MyeongseoUsed for boys and girls · Meaning: Long life, health
이명선Lee MyeongseonUsed for boys and girls · Meaning: Long life, health
이조이Lee JoiYour name, Korean styleHangul-only name — no hanja
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics