Meaning and background
The story behind Imogen
Imogen owes its familiar spelling to Shakespearean print history. Behind the Name identifies the character in Cymbeline and explains that the legendary model was named Innogen, with a probable Gaelic maiden connection. A printing error left Imogen in the published play. That makes the uncertainty and the spelling change part of the name’s story, rather than treating Imogen as an unchanged ancient Gaelic word.
- Origin
- Literary name from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, printed for Innogen; the earlier name probably relates to Gaelic inghean, maiden. Source
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