Imogen - is it Irish or Welsh?

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SaltResistantSlug · 24/05/2012 20:34

Have read conflicting info on tinternet and wonder if anyone can say for certain one way our the other...

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Raahh · 24/05/2012 21:27

I always thought Will made it up, too.

Love it though, it's dd2's middle name.

mejon · 24/05/2012 20:57

I keep seeing it listed as Welsh on internet name lists but as a native Welsh speaker it is not one I've ever come across. If it were Welsh the 'g' would be hard like in golf. Emphaticmaybe,s (sorry my apostrophe is playing silly buggers) explanation sounds plausible.

Lunarlyte · 24/05/2012 20:40

It's Welsh - defo

AThingInYourLife · 24/05/2012 20:39

It's definitely not Irish.

Emphaticmaybe · 24/05/2012 20:39

I don't think it's specifically either. Shakespeare made it up. It was a miss print in one of his plays ,it was originally Innogen to denote innocence I presume, but their was a mix up at the printers- or so I've read.

SweetEspresso · 24/05/2012 20:39

It's a Welsh name.

LuckyLuckyMe · 24/05/2012 20:38

I don't think it's Irish. It doesn't sound Irish at all.

I like it though wherever it came from

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