Imelda is the Spanish-Italian form of the Old Germanic Irmhild — ermen (universal) + hild (battle). Imelda Marcos (born 1929) — the First Lady of the Philippines (1965-1986) whose collection of approximately 3,000 pairs of shoes became a global symbol of conspicuous excess after the People Power Revolution. Imelda Staunton (born 1956) — the British actress and Olivier-winning performer who played Queen Elizabeth II in seasons 5-6 of The Crown. Saint Imelda Lambertini (c. 1322-1333) — Italian child mystic, patron saint of First Communicants.
Subject of Ramona Diaz's documentary Imelda (2003).
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Imelda reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.