Imelda Explained

Imelda
Gender:	Female
Origin:	Spanish/Italian
Meaning:	warrior woman, universal battle, or powerful fighter

Imelda is a feminine Spanish/Italian given name derived from the German form of Irmhild.^[1]

People

Notable people with the name include:

• Imelda Calixto-Rubiano, Filipina politician
• Imelda Chiappa, Italian road racing cyclist
• Imelda Concepcion, Filipina actress
• Imelda Corcoran, Australian actress
• Imelda Crawford, birth name of Anne Crawford, British actress
• Imelda Fransisca, Indonesian beauty queen
• Imelda Gruber, Italian luger
• Imelda Henry, Irish politician
• Imelda Hobbins, Irish camogie player
• Imelda Kennedy, Irish camogie player
• Imelda Lambertini, 14th-century Italy Dominican child saint
• Imelda Marcos, wife of Ferdinand Marcos and 10th First Lady of the Philippines
• Imelda Martínez, Mexican swimmer
• Imelda May, Irish singer
• Imelda Molokomme, feminist activist from Botswana
• Imelda Papin, Filipina singer
• Imelda Mary Read, known as Mel Read, British politician
• Imelda Roche, Australian businessperson
• Imelda Staunton, British actress
• Imelda Therinne, Indonesian actress
• Imelda Wiguna, Indonesian badminton player

Fictional characters

• Imelda de' Lambertazzi, main character in the tragic opera of that name
• Imelda Quirke, backing singer in Roddy Doyle's The Commitments and later in The Guts
• Imelda Rivera, main character in the 2017 animated film Coco

Notes and References

1. Book: Albaigès, Josep M.. Diccionario de nombres de personas. Olivart. J.M.A.. Universitat de Barcelona. 1993. 978-84-475-0264-6. 142. es. 15 September 2018.