Emelda - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Emelda \e-mel-da, em(e)-lda\ is a variant of Emily (Latin), and the meaning of Emelda is "rival; laborious; eager".

The baby name Emelda sounds like Imelda, Ymelda and Amelda. Other similar baby names are Emelia and Emelea.

Emelda is a somewhat common first name for women (#2617 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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