My understanding is that it is Zowie.

Me too, like zoie.

One of my preschoolers spelled her name Zoë and pronounced it Zowie.

Agreed: Add the long E sound onto the end of the name. Same goes with Cloe (pronounced Clo-E). :)

Thanks, that's what I thought but I have to call this person on the phone and didnt want to mispronounce her name. I've seen Zoe alot but never spelled with the dots on the E so I wasn't real sure.

That's my pup's name (but I added a 'y' to the end). I call her zowe-y, and sometimes zowe-eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

My husband's cousin played Zoe on that very short-lived TV show a few years back. It's Zoe-y

I agree with Zoe-y. it's the Greek worrd for "life". hence, zoology. I have a cousin named Zoe. Her father called her "Zoe-Mu" which translates to "My life."

Stephanie, I just want to say that I think it's great that you took the time to find out the proper pronunciation of the woman's name. A person's name is their identity and when folks don't take the time (or don't care) to pronounce it correctly, well, to me it shows disrespect.

I think there's a difference between Zowie ("oui", as in French) and Zo-ee or Zoey. But the e isn't silent.

Every time I've seen the name Zoe it's been pronounced with two syllables, with or without the umlaut. However, since any name can be pronounced any way the person desires, it's totally improper for anyone to say "this is how it's SUPPOSED to be pronounced". The best example is, how is F-a-v-r-e SUPPOSED to be pronounced? Just like 'favor" or possibly "fave" or "fahve". But no, not with him.

Tony Dorsett, pronounced DORsett, got a Heisman and decided from then on, he was to be called Anthony dorSETT.

Greg Gagne, the baseball player upon signing a major league contract decided he wanted to change how his name was pronounced so instead of "gonya" he wanted it pronounced "gag-knee".

Jesse Ventura is very adamant about how his name is to be pronounced. It's Ven-too-rah, not like the word venture with an "ah" at the end. So what is the "proper" way to pronounce it? However the person wants or you'll probably insult them.

Maybe it's something with sports players. But not always. An old boss pronounced his last name differently than his brother. Both shortened their name from their parent's last name since they didn't want the "owitz" on the end. My uncle pronounced his name differently than the rest of his family. He decided to go with the "Americanized" pronunciation rather than the ethnic version the rest of his family did and did historically.

Let's not forget Darrell (pronounced da-RELL) on the Walmart commercials.

People can't even agree on how to pronounce everyday words! LOL Since there's no right or wrong way to pronounce a name, when I have a question on how to pronounce a person's name, I usually ask the person, I might take a stab at the generally accepted pronunciation and say "Is it Zo-ie" or ask if I'm pronouncing it correctly or else just ask, how do you pronounce your name?

One of my teachers was named McMahon. He'd get worked up over it. Some would pronounce it "MacMayon", "MacMaHone" or any number of other ways instead of MickMan.

My name gets butchered all the time though it's easy to pronounce if you simply read it. I don't get worked up over it. I usually laugh back at them and say try it this way.... The nice thing is I generally know it's a telemarketer calling.

George Carlin did a great routine about pronouncing names.

Cynic said, "My name gets butchered all the time though it's easy to pronounce if you simply read it."

Hmmmm.... I pronounce it SIN-ick. Am I close? ;-)

At least Stephanie cared enough to want to pronounce Zoë's name correctly. Many people, unfortunately, don't.