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England, Ireland, Scotland Imogene, Innogen (Ignoge, Inogene), Immy (nickname) |
Imogen /ˈɪmədʒən/, or Imogene, is a female given name. It is thought (but not confirmed) to have originated as a misspelling or variation of the name Innogen, from the Old Irish Ingen meaning "maiden" or "girl". It is chiefly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and Scandinavian countries.
Innogen was known as the name of a legendary British queen. The first recorded use of Imogen is by Shakespeare for a British princess in his play Cymbeline. Shakespeare may well have written Innogen, and it was printed as Imogen by mistake, thereafter becoming an accepted form of the name. On the other hand, it may have been a variation that already existed, and Shakespeare simply provided the oldest written record which survived. Many have considered it a misprint. The form Innogen is rare. Shakespeare used the older form Innogen for a ghost character in early editions of Much Ado About Nothing.
The legendary British queen Innogen was supposedly wife to King Brutus and mother of Locrinus, Albanactus and Camber.
In Australia, Imogen was the 35th most popular girls name from 2011–2013, while in England and Wales it was the 34th most popular baby girl name in 2014. As at July 2014, Imogen had never been in the top 1000 most popular baby names in the United States, with only 131 baby girls named Imogen in the US in 2013. It was ranked 86th in popularity for baby girls in Scotland in 2007.
Imogen Annesley (born 1971), Australian actress
Imogen Bailey (born 1977), Australian model, actress and singer
Imogen Bankier (born 1987), Scottish badminton player
Imogen Boorman (born 1971), British actress from Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Imogen Cairns (born 1989), British gymnast
Imogene Coca (born 1908), American comic actress
Imogen Cooper (born 1949), English pianist
Imogen Cunningham (born 1883), American photographer
Imogen Edwards-Jones (born 1968), British author
Imogen Hassall (born 1942), British actress
Imogen Heap (born 1977), English singer-songwriter
Imogen Holst (born 1907), British composer and conductor
Imogen Lloyd Webber (born 1977), British writer and theatre manager
Imogen Poots (born 1989), British actress
Imogen Stuart (born 1927), German sculptor
Imogen Stubbs (born 1961), English actress
Imogen Thomas (born 1982), Welsh model & contestant on Big Brother UK
Imogen (Shakespeare) from William Shakespeare's play Cymbeline
Imogene, from Vincenzo Bellini's 1827 opera Il pirata
Imogen, a character from Psyopus' 3-part song "Imogen's Puzzle"
Imogen, portrayed by Julia Stiles in the comedy Down to You
Imogen, from the book Bad Dreams by Anne Fine
Imogen, Angus' younger sister in the Australian children's novel Bumface written by Morris Gleitzman
Imogene, from Barbara Robinson's children's story The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Imogen, daughter of Winifred Dartie (née Forsyte), from The Forsyte Saga
Imogene, from Charles De Lint's The Blue Girl and In This Soul Of A Woman
Imogene "Idgie" Threadgoode, from Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Imogen, from Jonathan Coe's novel The Rain Before It Falls
Imogen Book, from Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox
Imogene O'Neil, heroine of Meteor (TV miniseries) (2009), played by Marla Sokoloff
Imogen Melford, one of the four Melford sisters in Diana Wynne Jones's The Time of the Ghost
Imogen Moreno, in the Canadian drama Degrassi
Imogen Hazard, one of many twin girls in Angela Carter's 1991 book Wise Children
Imogen, a character played by Louisa Lytton in the 2009 teen comedy American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Imogen Herondale, a character in The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Imogène, from Charles Exbrayat's series of humorous novels
Aunt Imogene, from the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland portrayed by Frances de la Tour
Imogene, from The Fashion Forward Adventures of Imogene series
Imogene, Trixie Delight's maid in Addie Pray by Joe David Brown, also appearing in the film Paper Moon based on the novel
Imogene Graham, a major character in Indian Summer (novel) (1886) by William Dean Howells
Imogen, the principal female character in the Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Imogen, from Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Imogen Clark, a minor character in What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge.
Imogen Reed, from the video game SOMA
Imogen McAvoy, from "Vivien's heavenly Ice Cream Shop" by Abby Clements
Imogene secondary character from "Marjorie Morningstar" by Herman Wouk (Chapter 28)
Imogen, from Imogen Says Nothing, a play by Aditi Kapil
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