Actress Imelda Staunton is a famous bearer of this name. In 2005 she was nominated for an Oscar for her title role in Vera Drake.

A famous bearer is Imelda Marcos, former First Lady and political figure in the Philippines.

Imelda is the maid of Astrid and Robert Prescott in the novel Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult.

The Irish rockabilly/blues singer Imelda May bears this name and it was also the name of Angeline Ball's character in the 1991 film The Commitments. Imelda is quite a popular name in Ireland.

Imelda Marcos, famously corrupt wife of the famously corrupt leader of the Philippines, was renown for her huge shoe collection. If I hear the name Imelda, I immediately think of an evil, spoilt woman with thousands of shoes!