About the name Pamela

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If you like the name Pamela, find out the meaning, origin, nicknames, variations and other information to help you decide if you want to use this first name for your baby.

Name meaning, variations & etymology

Thought to mean “all sweetness” or made from honey
Commonly abbreviated to Pam
Name created by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier from the Elizabethan age. In his story, The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, he introduced the name Pamela. From a book summary in 1867: “Basilius, the King of the country… kept his two daughters, Pamela and Philoclea, in strict confinement so that no one might take them from him.’There was, if at least such perfections may receive the word of more, more sweetness in Philoclea, but more majesty in Pamela.'”

origin/Nationality

English

Also check out these name groups

English baby girl names, Girl names, Names that start with P

baby Name length

6 letters (popular name length)

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