Zo

given name · Latin script

Meaning: de zoe, vie. Fêtes : 13 (26) février, 2 (15) mai, 18 (31) décembre

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/zow/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Zo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Hong Kong it is the 76th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 1.2Kas Zoe(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 1.4Kas Zoe
  • NLNetherlands1 in 1.5Kas Zoë

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Zo itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

125,886 named Zoe, 2020

6 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
496 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 693 (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary, as Zoé

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ZoeLatin(measured from records)
소이Hangul(measured from records)
ΖωηGreek(measured from records)
זואיHebrew(measured from records)
โซอThai(measured from records)
ზოეGeorgian(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zoe in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AR Argentina and 2 more, Zoé in FR France and Zoë in NL Netherlands.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in French

de zoe, vie. Fêtes : 13 (26) février, 2 (15) mai, 18 (31) décembre. Zoé est son équivalent français. Fêtes : 2 mai, 5 juillet. 61

Sources 1

  • Russian Names

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Zo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—125,886as Zoe1 in 2.6K125KZoe496
GB United Kingdom#241≈38,000 est.≈1 in 1.7K471Zoe321
AR Argentina#400≈22,000 est.≈1 in 2.1K3.5KZoe87
AU Australia#241≈19,000 est.≈1 in 1.4K579Zoe263
FR France#469≈18,000 est.≈1 in 3.9K68KZoé210
HU Hungary—14,097as Zoé1 in 69314K—2
NL Netherlands#66411,632as Zoë1 in 1.5K12KZoë88
HK Hong Kong#76≈5,900 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Zoe82
SI Slovenia—2,978as Zoja1 in 7063.1K—4

125,886 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Zo is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic given name28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Syria, Algeria, Saudi Arabia

    Also written Zö, Zõ, Zô, Žö, Žô

  • French given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Zõ, Zö, Zò, Zô, Zó

  • Spanish given name36 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Z'O, Zó, Zô, Zö, Ẑỗ

  • Malagasy given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Madagascar, United States, France, Canada

    Also written 'Zo

  • a separate given name19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Russia, Malaysia

    Also written Zõ, Žô, Żo, ̶z̶̶ớ̶, Zô

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Zö, Zō, Žo, Zô

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Zo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Folk or traditional medicine.

    as a nameThe African book of names

  • In lou, alternative form of vouzòt (“you, y'all; your, y'all's”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Japanese, The hiragana syllable ぞ (zo) or the katakana syllable ゾ (zo) in Hepburn romanization.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Esperanto, The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Dutch, so, thus, like that/this

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Ko Young-hee, b. 1952Margaret Cho, b. 1968Cho Jin-woong, b. 1976Cho Seung-woo, b. 1980Cho Yeo-jeong, b. 1981Seung-Hui Cho, b. 1984Kyuhyun, b. 1988Ko Kyeong-pyo, b. 1990Arden Cho, b. 1990Ko A-sung, b. 1992
  • Ko Young-heeb. 1952KPnot in their usual nameConsort of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il (1952–2004)
  • Margaret Chob. 1968USnot in their usual nameAmerican comedian and actress (born 1968)
  • Cho Jin-woongb. 1976KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
  • Cho Seung-woob. 1980KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
  • Cho Yeo-jeongb. 1981KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Seung-Hui Chob. 1984KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean mass murderer; perpetrator of the Virginia Tech massacre (1984-2007)
  • Kyuhyunb. 1988KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer
  • Ko Kyeong-pyob. 1990KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
  • Arden Chob. 1990USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, singer, and model
  • Ko A-sungb. 1992KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress, South Korean former child actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Zo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020332#17,966
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020273#17,966
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201740—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202037—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201934—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202226—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201826—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202125—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201618—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202316—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202316—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202216—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Zo?
A machine transcription gives /zow/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Zo mean?
Recorded meaning: de zoe, vie. Fêtes : 13 (26) février, 2 (15) mai, 18 (31) décembre.
Is Zo a male or female name?
Zo is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Zo have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 126 thousand people named Zoe, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Zo most common?
No national register we hold counts the spelling Zo itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Hungary's: the national register counts about 1 in 693 people named Zoé.
How common is the name Zo?
In the United States, the national register counted 125,886 people named Zoe in 2020, about 1 in 2.6 thousand residents.
How common is Zo compared with other names?
In Hong Kong, Zo is the 76th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zo” — the 76th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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