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can you tell me what Imelda means?? I believe it is IRish
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Imelda is an Italian name coming from the Germanic *Irmhild (forms Emihild, Emhild and Imilda). Irmhild comes from ermen- (from erman-, "big") and -hild, "battle" (other researchers interpret -hild as "warrior").
In fact, Imelda is a variant of Ermenilda.
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