Innogen

Innogen is a female first name and represents a variant of the Irish name Imogen. The name is likely associated with 'the daughter' or 'the girl.'

What does the name Innogen mean?

Innogen is a feminine form of the Irish name Imogen and is generally interpreted as 'the daughter' or 'the girl.' The roots of the name likely lie in Celtic or Irish. It may be derived from the Old Irish term enigena or ingen, meaning 'the daughter' or 'the girl,' or from the Gaelic inghean, meaning 'the maid,' 'the virgin,' or 'the maiden.' The name gained recognition through Shakespeare's play 'Cymbeline.' An alternative spelling is Imogene.

Where does the name Innogen come from?

Innogen is a female first name with Old Irish and Celtic origins, meaning 'the daughter.' The Old Irish root is enigena or ingen, meaning 'the daughter' or 'the girl,' while inghean in Gaelic means 'the maid,' 'the virgin,' or 'the maiden.' The language is Irish.

How do you pronounce Innogen?

Innogen is pronounced approximately as 'In-no-dschen.'

Popularity

In Germany, Innogen is a rather rare first name. It has not appeared in the German first name charts so far. In 1999, the name Innogen reached 420th place in the name charts in Northern Ireland. Between 1997 and 2024, it was given as a first name in Northern Ireland less than 10 times, resulting in a rank of 2,956. In the last ten years, no child has received this name.

Nicknames & pet names

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