Imogen at a glance
- Meaning
- “maiden”
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Irish
- Pronunciation
- IM-uh-jun
- Nicknames
- Immy, Midge
- Other forms
- Innogen, Imogene
Where the name Imogen comes from
Imogen is the heroine of Shakespeare’s play Cymbeline. In the old story the character was called Innogen, but the name was printed wrongly and the mistake stayed. It may come from the Gaelic word for a girl or daughter, and it is mostly used in Britain.