Gender:
Origin:
Gaelic
33 famous people named Imogen found on Wikipedia.
1855 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
1325-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
1325-th in year 2018
Used in: English
Imogen , or Imogene, is a female given name. Often thought to have originated as a misspelling or variation of the name Innogen, itself a possible common Celtic name, cognate with 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.
Maiden.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Imogen Poots | 1989 | British actress and model |
2 | Imogen Heap | 1977 | Singer |
3 | Imogen Thomas | 1982 | British model |
4 | Imogen Stubbs | 1961 | British actress |
5 | Imogen Lloyd Webber | 1978 | British political commentator and author |
6 | Imogen Cunningham | 1883 | American photographer |
7 | Imogen Hassall | 1942 | Actress |
8 | Imogen Willis | ||
9 | Imogen Bailey | 1977 | Australian model, actress, singer |
10 | Imogen Boorman | 1971 | British actress |
11 | Imogen Holst | 1907 | English composer, arranger, conductor, teacher and festival administrator |
12 | Imogen Bankier | 1987 | Badminton player |
13 | Imogen Cooper | 1949 | British pianist |
14 | Imogen Annesley | 1971 | Australian actress |
15 | Imogen Cairns | 1989 | British artistic gymnast |
16 | Imogen Edwards-Jones | 1968 | British author and journalist, best known for the Babylon series of exposes. |
17 | Imogen Sutton | ||
18 | Imogen Bain | 1959 | British actress |
19 | Imogen Stuart | 1927 | Irish sculptor |
20 | Imogen Hollins | ||
21 | Imogen Slaughter | British actress | |
22 | Imogen Toner | British actress | |
23 | Imogen Carpenter | 1912 | American actress |
24 | Imogen Byron | 1996 | |
25 | Imogen Oona Lehmann | 1989 | Curler |
26 | Imogen Walsh | 1984 | British rower |
27 | Imogen Morris Clarke | 1992 | British model |
28 | Imogen Stidworthy | 1963 | Artist |
29 | Imogen Skirving | 1937 | |
30 | Imogen Kimmel | 1957 | German director and writer |
31 | Imogen Rhia Herrad | 1967 | German writer and broadcaster |
32 | Imogen Kogge | 1957 | German actress |
33 | Imogen Binnie | Book writer |