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Most people when coming across the name Imogen think it is unusual but like it, it is neither common nor obscure. My daughter likes the fact that she is always the only Imogen, not Chloe P. or Sophie H. in her class. We have met very few other Imogen's along the way.

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Imi, Im, Imo, Imio, Io, Immy, Gen, Genny, Ginny, Midge, Mo, Imza, Imsky, Imzi, Mog,

Meanings and history of the name Imogen: | Edit

This name was probably created by Shakespeare for a character in his play Cymbeline. He probably intended to use the name Innogen, a legendary figure whose name was derived from a Celtic word "inghean" meaning "maiden", but the name was misprinted as "Imogen".

Famous real-life people named Imogen: | Edit

Imogen Cunningham - American photographer
Imogen Stubbs - English actress
Imogen Parker - English author
Imogen Bailey - Australian model
Imogen Poots - English actress
Imogen Heap - English singer, composer, and songwriter

Imogen in song, story & screen: | Edit

A daughter named Imogen is born to Winifred Forsyte in The Forsyte Saga, a book made into a Masterpiece Theater miniseries.
Julia Styles plays an Imogen in the movie Down to You.
In "Imogene's Antlers," a little girl wakes up to discover she's grown a set of antlers.
Imogen Moreno from the Canadian TV show "Degrassi"