Given name
Imojean
“a maiden”·“one who is innocent and pure”
Imojean is a variant of Imogen. Interpretations include “a maiden” and “one who is innocent and pure”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Imojean is a variant of Imogen. Interpretations include “a maiden” and “one who is innocent and pure”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Imojean is a variant of Imogen. A possible origin is Celtic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Imojean is a variant of Imogen. The history of Imogen gives this family its wider story. Shakespeare’s Cymbeline uses Imogen, while earlier accounts call the character Innogen. A misreading by Shakespeare or his printer may explain the change. The earlier form is probably connected with Gaelic inghean, “girl” or “maiden.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Imojean through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 435
- 0 boys · 435 girls
- Most popular year
- 1933
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1949. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1933. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 150 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Imojean’s family of names
Imojean has a related form in Imogen.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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