Imogen

Imogen

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Imogen



imagesize=200px
caption=Imogen from William Shakespeare's Cymbeline in a painting by Herbert Gustave Schmalz.
pronunciation= Im-uh-jen
gender = Female
meaning = "maiden"
region = England, Ireland, Scotland
origin = Celtic
related names = Imogene, Innogen
footnotes =

Imogen is a female given name, probably created by William Shakespeare for a character in his play "Cymbeline". Shakespeare likely meant to use the name of Innogen, a legendary figure whose name was derived from a Celtic word "inghean" meaning "maiden", but a misprinting that was never corrected resulted in the name of the character being printed instead as Imogen. The name is currently rising in popularity in England and Wales, where it was the 34th most popular name for baby girls in 2007, and in New South Wales, Australia, where the name was the 35th most popular name for baby girls in 2007. It was ranked 86th in popularity for baby girls in Scotland in 2007. [ [http://www.behindthename.com/top/search.php?terms=imogen Behind the Name] ]

Imogen (alternatively Imogene) is the name of:

People

*Imogen Bailey, an Australian model, actress and singer
*Imogene Coca, an American comic actress
*Imogen Cooper, an English pianist
*Imogen Cunningham, an American photographer
*Imogen Edwards-Jones, a British author
*Imogen Hassall, a British actress
*Imogen Heap, a British singer-songwriter
*Imogen Holst, a British composer and conductor
*Imogen Kogge, a German actress
*Imogen Poots, a British actress
*Imogen Stuart, a German sculptor
*Imogen Stubbs, a British actress
*Imogen Rhea Franklin, a British Porn Star
*Imogen Thomas, a contestant on Big Brother UK, see List of Big Brother 2006 housemates (UK)...

Fictional people

*Imogen from William Shakespeare's play, "Cymbeline"
*Imogen Linny from Howard Norman's novel, "The Museum Guard"
*Imogen, a character from Psyopus' 2-part song "Imogen's Puzzle"
*Imogen, portrayed by Julia Stiles in the comedy Down to You
*Imogen, Angus' younger sister in the Australian children's novel,Bumface, written by Morris Gleitzman
*Imogene, a character from Barbara Robinson's children's story The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
*Imogene, daughter of Winifred Dartie (née Forsyte), from The Forsyte Saga
*Imogene, a character from Charles De Lint's The Blue Girl
* Imogene "Idgie" Threadgoode, a character from Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
* Imogen, a character from Jonathan Coe's novel The Rain Before It Falls

Places

*Imogene, Iowa
*Imogene Pass, a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Colorado.

Other

*Imogen (video game), a BBC Micro computer game
*HMS "Imogen" (D44), a British Royal Navy I class destroyer that sank on 16 July 1940
*A research project on [http://www.cs.utwente.nl/~theune/IMOGEN Interactive Multimodal Output Generation]

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