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[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I do not know how to say this name:
IMOGEN

is it Im-oh-jin
or
Im-oh-gen (g like green)

and where is the stress?

eta: I thought it was pronounced the first way but babynamespedia tells me it is pronounced the second way.

Comments

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Your source is wrong, as far as I know. I've never heard it pronounced with a hard g.

I say it like im OH jihn. Stress on the second syllable.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks!
I thought it was im oh JIHN

It's one of those names that is just hard for me to say but when I look at it on paper, I really like it.

[scarletladyy.livejournal.com]

Im - oh - gin.

[dreamwriteremmy]

... i also pronounce it the first way... and as for stresses... when i pronounce it the stress is hardly noticeable, but is on the second syllable.

[morningapproach.livejournal.com]

It is pronounced most closely the second way - it is sorta like IM-oh-jeen - but with a soft, french 'j'

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I always have said "Im-oh-jeen," kind of like you're saying the word gene or Jean. I say this because my sister's grandmother was Emogen and we always said "Em-oh-jeen."

[loanwords.livejournal.com]

Ee-mo-jin

[notmybusiness.livejournal.com]

I say it "Im-oh-jin". My great aunt was named Imogen and everyone pronounced it "Im-oh-jeen". I'm kind of wondering if it's a Southern US thing though.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

IM-oh-geen is how I've always heard it

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's not im-oh-jeen?

Well that changes everything.. I don't like it at all now.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

IM-uh-jen. Or IM-uh-jin, it's almost impossible to distinguish when saying it aloud, although it might depend on the speaker's accent. I've never heard it pronounced with a hard g, or a soft j like in French. I have, however, heard it pronounced something like 'IM-uh-jeen' though I think that's more common when spelling it 'Imogene.'

[frost.livejournal.com]

Im-oh-jen or im-oh-jin, not that you can really tell the difference when they're said aloud. I've never heard it pronounced any other way. (Ew, it's really ugly with the hard g.)

A lot of people are saying they pronounce it Im-oh-jeen, but as far as I know, that name is usually spelled Imogene.

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

I like Imogen pronounced as Imogene.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

IM-oh-jun, with the stress on the first syllable, is the only way I've ever heard it pronounced. Every Imogen I've ever known (which, to be fair, is only 3 or something) has pronounced it this way.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

that sounds nice!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I think Imogene is pronounced that way though.

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

i've heard it both ways.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I say Imogen im-oh-gen, equally emphasis on each syllable. It if is Imogene, I say em-oh-jean, with a softish "J" sound, and slightly more emphasis on the last syllable.

Much prefer Imogen, love love love this name.