Imelda is a feminine Spanish/Italian given name derived from the German form of Irmhild.[1]
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Spanish/Italian |
| Meaning | warrior woman, universal battle, or powerful fighter |
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People
editNotable 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
edit- 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
References
edit- ^ Albaigès, Josep M.; Olivart, J.M.A. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. p. 142. ISBN 978-84-475-0264-6. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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