Imogen (given name)

It is possible that the name Imogen may have originated as an accidental or purposeful misspelling of the name Innogen, itself a possible common Celtic name meaning "maiden" or "girl".[1] 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.[2]

However, Imogen was the name of a politically influential sister[3] of Rivallon I of Dol, a contemporary and ally of William the Conqueror during the Breton-Norman War.

In Australia, Imogen was the 35th most popular girls name from 2011 to 2013,[4] while in England and Wales it was the 34th most popular baby girl name in 2014.[5] 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.[6] It was ranked 86th in popularity for baby girls in Scotland in 2007.[7]

• 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 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

• 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 Meteor (TV miniseries) (2009), 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, a character played by Louisa Lytton in the 2009 teen comedy American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
• Imogen Herondale, a character in The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
• 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 (novel) (1886) 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
• Imogene secondary character from "Marjorie Morningstar" by Herman Wouk (Chapter 28)
• 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