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",[1] or a British Celtic name derived from the Latin Innocentia.[2] 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.[3] Another theory is that it is derived from the Greek, meaning "beloved child".[4]
In Australia, Imogen was the 35th most popular girls name from 2011 to 2013,[6] while in England and Wales it was the 34th most popular baby girl name in 2014.[7] 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.[8] It was ranked 86th in popularity for baby girls in
Scotland in 2007.[9]
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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",[1] or a British Celtic name derived from the Latin Innocentia.[2] 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.[3] Another theory is that it is derived from the Greek, meaning "beloved child".[4]
In Australia, Imogen was the 35th most popular girls name from 2011 to 2013,[6] while in England and Wales it was the 34th most popular baby girl name in 2014.[7] 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.[8] It was ranked 86th in popularity for baby girls in
Scotland in 2007.[9]
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.