Is Imogen that bad?

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I think Imogen is a beautiful name and it's top of the list if we have a girl (i'm due in March). But why do so many dislike it? It's making me want to take it off the list!

Very posh/aspirational posh

Thats funny I don't see it as posh at all.

I don't particularly like it though.

Were people so judgemental back in the day? It's an established name. Not that unusual.
If you like it you like it.

I like it and hear it 100 times a day as DD has an Imogen friend.

Yes. Yes it is. It's an ugly shape. It has no redeeming features.

...ahem. Sorry, I think I may be the person you've been seeing around.

(bear in mind that I like the name Dorcas)

I like Imogen. The ones I know get shortened to Immy.

To me it sounds a harsh kind of name. It's probably just me but I find that most names beginning with I do sound harsh.

Imogen / Immy is nice it's not particularly popular or fashionable like Ellie-Mae (I have a class with 8 variations of Something - Mae). I see it as a solid, classic name along with Emma, Laura, Sophie and Charlotte.

It's a lovely name!

I don't think I would choose it, but think it's ok. Use it if you like it best

I like it. It is a bit of a ‘head girl’ name, but nothing wrong with that.

I like it and I’m incredibly fussy.

You’re not going to get universal approval whether you call her Olivia or Speranza-Mae, you know, OP.

I like it. Immy or Jen for friends or when little, and Imogen sounds strong and feminine for an adult.

Names are so personal, if you like it that's all that counts.

I think it's great. It's unfrilly but still soft and feminine. I really like it.

I like it!

I love it, always have. Doesn’t go with our surname or we would have used it. It’s quite popular in the 11-15 age range at the moment where we are.

I've never realised it was so polarising! I really like it.

It’s nice.

Imogen is fine. It's an Alice, Sophie, Rebecca name. Normal. I don't love it myself, I'm the queen of the nickname and none appeal to me. But in itself, it's fine and if you like it, use it.
FWIW I called mine a name that as a teacher, I'd never taught. Outside the top 50. Within 3 years it was top 5. My dd's name is now as overly heard as Macdonald's or Ford. Call yours whatever you want, there will always be something!!

Imogen is a perfectly normal name. If you like it, don't be put off by other people.

10-15 years ago it was very posh in an Ottilie kind of way, but it has become much more common in line with Alice these days.

It's a popular name in my world. I don't think of it as posh, but I personally don't like it. There's something sort of smarmy about how it looks and sounds.

Nothing objectively wrong with the name though!

I like it. Maybe because there was a very pretty talented Imogen in my ballet class when I was little. I think the sound is pretty too.

It's not a posh name - just normal. But to me it sounds ungainly and I dislike the nicknames. I know one Imogen toddler, who's beautiful, and the class list for my eldest DD features two Imogens in a class of 15 girls. Make of that as you will!