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Oh yes, Imogen is Welsh as it was originally Innogen. I do relate Imogen (this spelling) to England though, as it was believed to have first been used by William Shakespeare.
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I think that's true, about Imogen, Shakespeare did like coming up with names - quite a few are credited to him.
I checked with my British husband - Edwin, which as I said is a name I love, was the name of a king of Northumberland so it's much better known in northern England that in the south and it hasn't been mainstream for a while, but still very English sounding I think.
The kre8tive streak has certainly come over here though - in an art class for under 5s at the local library there was a 'Reychelle', 'Devonte', 'Owais' - many of the older British names are dying, though apparetly Olivia and Jack are still number 1 and seem quite British to me - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=184 shows you the top 100 names going back years.
I checked with my British husband - Edwin, which as I said is a name I love, was the name of a king of Northumberland so it's much better known in northern England that in the south and it hasn't been mainstream for a while, but still very English sounding I think.
The kre8tive streak has certainly come over here though - in an art class for under 5s at the local library there was a 'Reychelle', 'Devonte', 'Owais' - many of the older British names are dying, though apparetly Olivia and Jack are still number 1 and seem quite British to me - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=184 shows you the top 100 names going back years.
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