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[Facts] Re: Scottish name Inghean?

by Speranza

9/26/2006, 5:57 AM

"Inghean" is an old fashioned spelling of "íníon" - an Irish word meaning daughter. It's said in-EEN and is supposed to be the origin of Imogen. I don't know if Inghean is also Scottish for daughter. Where did you see the name?

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- Lee (guest) +4

9/26/2006, 4:02 PM

Thanks for the help so far. I saw this and another spelling of it on some generic Gaelic section of a name site. I did not save the link. I know the site is not that reliable.

Would Inghean or any other version of it be considered odd as a name due to the meaning?

- Anneza +1

9/26/2006, 10:54 PM

The meaning is hardly the point. It would appear odd because it is so very unfamiliar. The meaning of Cameron is extremely odd, but it's a popular name that people are used to. Its meaning, effectively, is: Nice name that suits my taste and my baby. Crooked noses don't enter into the equation. But Inghean is so strange that people would be forever interrogating its owner or its owner's parents: Where does it come from? What does it mean? How do you say it? and so on and on. If you can stand the tedium, go for it; otherwise Imogen would be a lovely alternative, even if (as I suspect) there is no etymological link.

- Lee (guest)

9/27/2006, 6:18 PM

I see where you are coming from but the fact that Inghean means "daughter" does concern me and I was more interested in whether it was actually used as a name. Horses for courses I suppose and the pronunciation and spelling issues would be quite tedious I am sure.

- Domhnall +1

9/26/2006, 9:26 PM

It is indeed the Scottish and older-Irish spelling of the word "daughter."

It would be a very, very odd name.

- Lee (guest)

9/27/2006, 1:09 AM

Alrighty!

Ok. It stays on my interest list then!

Thanks for the help.

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