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What does Pamela mean?
Pamela 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced PAM-eh-lah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Pamela is "honey; all sweetness". A poetic invention from the 16th century. Actresses Pam Dawber, Pamela Reed, Pamela Anderson; tennis celebrity Pam Shriver.
STARTS WITH Pa-
ASSOCIATED WITH greek, honey (beautiful), 16th century, reed (meadow)
Variations
VARIANTS Pam▼, Pama, Pamala▼, Pamalla, Pamelia, Pamelina, Pamelin, Pamelina, Pamella, Pamelyn, Pamelynne, Pamilla, Pammela, Pammie, Pammy, Permelia
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Pamela Khaleesi (P.K.), ..
How popular is Pamela?
Pamela is a very prominent first name for females (#37 out of 4276, Top 1%) and a slightly less prominent last name for all people (#108734 out of 150436, Top 72%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Pamela was first listed in 1910-1919 and reached its peak position of #13 in the U.S. in the 1950s, and is currently at #1584. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Pam, Pamala, Pamelia, Pamella and Permelia are the popular varying forms of Pamela (#1584 FROM CURRENT RECORDS). These relations of Pamela were favored by parents during 1950-1959 (MEDIAN #801) and are now much less widespread, with forms like Pamala becoming less trendy.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Caela, Camala, Camela, Camelia, Camella, Camila▲, Camyla, Carmela▼, Harela, Jameela, Jameila, Jameka, Jamela, Jamelia, Jamila, Janela, Kaela▼, Kamea, Kamelia, Kamella, Kamila▲, Kamyla, Karmela, Laela, Palila, Palmeda, Pamina, Paola▼, Parmelia, Paula▼, Paulla, Pavla, Priela, Samala, Samella, Samuela, Tameka▼ and Tamera▼. These names tend to be less commonly used than Pamela.
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