Imelda is a feminine Spanish/Italian given name derived from the German form of Irmhild.
People
Notable people with the name include:
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Imelda Calixto-Rubiano, Filipina politician
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Imelda Chiappa, Italian road racing cyclist
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Imelda Concepcion, Filipina actress
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Imelda Corcoran, Australian actress
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Imelda Crawford, birth name of Anne Crawford, British actress
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Imelda Fransisca, Indonesian beauty queen
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Imelda Gruber, Italian
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Imelda Henry, Irish politician
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Imelda Hobbins, Irish camogie player
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Imelda Kennedy, Irish camogie player
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Imelda Lambertini, 14th-century Italy Dominican Order child saint
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Imelda Marcos, wife of Ferdinand Marcos and 10th First Lady of the Philippines
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Imelda Martínez, Mexican swimmer
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Imelda May, Irish singer
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Imelda Molokomme, feminist activist from Botswana
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Imelda Papin, Filipina singer
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Imelda Mary Read, known as Mel Read, British politician
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Imelda Roche, Australian businessperson
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Imelda Staunton, British actress
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Imelda Therinne, Indonesian actress
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Imelda Wiguna, Indonesian badminton player
Fictional characters
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Imelda de' Lambertazzi, main character in the tragic opera of that name
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Imelda Quirke, backing singer in Roddy Doyle's The Commitments and later in The Guts
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Imelda Rivera, main character in the 2017 animated film Coco
