Imogen (given Name)

Imogen (), or Imogene (), is a female given name of uncertain etymology.

Origin

It is possible that the name Imogen may have originated as an accidental or deliberate misspelling of the name Innogen, itself a possibly common Irish Gaelic name in the past, from the word 'inghean' meaning "maiden" or "girl", or a British Celtic name derived from the Latin . Innogen is known as the name of a legendary British queen and was supposedly wife to King Brutus and mother of Locrinus, Albanactus and Camber. The form Innogen is rare. Another theory is that it is derived from the Greek, meaning "beloved child".

Imogen was the name of a politically influential sister of Rivallon I of Dol, a contemporary and ally of William the Conqueror during the Breton-Norman War.

Popularity

In Australia, Imogen was the 35th most popular girls name from 2011 to 2013, while in England and Wales it was the 34th most popular baby girl name in 2014. As of 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.Behind the Name
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People

* Imogen Annesley (born 1970), 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 Kogge (born 1957), German actress
* Imogen LaChance (1853–1838), American social reformer
* Imogen Lloyd Webber (born 1977), British writer and theatre manager
* Imogen Murphy, Irish film and television director
* Imogen Poots (born 1989), British actress
* Imogen Stuart (born 1927), German sculptor
* Imogen Stubbs (born 1961), English actress
* Imogen Thomas (born 1982), Welsh model and contestant on Big Brother UK
* Imogen Waterhouse (born 1994), English actress and model

Fictional characters

* 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, from the book ''Imogen'' by Jilly Cooper
* Imogen, Angus' younger sister in the Australian children's novel ''Bumface'' written by Morris Gleitzman
* Imogene Herdman, 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, from BBC's British children's television comedy-drama series ''Sadie J''
* Imogen Book, from Eoin Colfer's '' Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox''
* Imogene O'Neil, heroine of the 2009 miniseries ''Meteor'', 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, played by Louisa Lytton in the 2009 teen comedy '' American Pie Presents: The Book of Love''
* 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, 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'', an 1886 novel 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, from '' Imogen Says Nothing'', a play by Aditi Kapil
* Imogene Cleary, from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, an Amazon original TV series. Played by Bailey De Young
* Imogen Staxton-Billing, from the Revengers' Comedies plays and Malcolm Mowbray's 1998 film ''Sweet Revenge'', played by Kristin Scott Thomas
* Imogene Duncan, from the 2012 film ''Girl Most Likely'', played by Kristen Wiig
* Imogen Spurnrose, from the Amazon original series ''Carnival Row'', played by Tamzin Merchant
* Imogen Royce, an assassination target in the ''Hitman 3'' video game
* Imogen Temult, Laura Bailey's character from campaign three of Critical Role
* Imogen Heaney, Rhea Norwood’s character in the Netflix adaptation of Alice Oseman’s series '' Heartstopper''
* Imogen Adams, the protagonist of '' Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin'', played by Bailee Madison

References

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