Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imogen

/ˈɪməd͡ʒɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: imo-gen
IPA: /ˈɪməd͡ʒɪn/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from the Celtic languages.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Ile write to my lord ſhe's dead: O Imogen! / Safe mayſt thou wander, ſafe returne agen."
"She would have to change her own name as well, she'd never liked Tracy. Imogen or Isabel, something feminine and romantic. She supposed she didn't look like an Imogen. Imogens were middle-class Home Counties girls with long blonde hair and vaguely Bohemian mothers."
"We make for an unusual sight, Imogen Heap and I, as we promenade around London Fields, a park near her home in Hackney, east London."

Etymology

First used by William Shakespeare in Cymbeline, a misprint for Innogen, from Scottish Gaelic inghean (“girl, maiden”)

Origin

Source language: Scottish Gaelic

Word Breakdown

Root: inghean

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Imogens (plural) Imogene (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce imogen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪməd͡ʒɪn/.
What does imogen mean?: A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Where does imogen come from?: It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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