From the Germanic name Irmhild, formed from elements meaning 'whole, great' and 'battle'. Imelda is the Italian and Spanish form of this name, carried by the Blessed Imelda Lambertini, a 14th-century nun from Bologna.
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How it ages.
A vintage name tied to a Blessed nun, with a bold, dramatic sound; distinctive today without feeling dated.
The cultural moment.
Historically ranked #451 in France (1907), #93 in Ireland (1966) and #947 in the United States (1978), after which it dropped out of the US top 1000.