Pamela (name)

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Pamela
Given Name
Pronunciation PAM-eh-lah
Gender Female
Meaning "all sweetness"
Related names Pam
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Pamela is a feminine given name of Greek language origin invented by Sir Philip Sidney for a character in Arcadia that he wrote in the late 16th century. He might have intended it to mean "all sweetness" as a combination of the Greek words pan ("all") and meli ("honey").[1][2] Pamela is commonly abbreviated to "Pam" [3].

The British author Samuel Richardson published Pamela in 1740 or 1741. After its release Pamela became a popular name for girls in the UK and the USA.[citation needed]

Pamela is an uncommon surname.

People with the name or its variants include:

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[edit] Surname

[edit] Fictional characters

  • Pamela of the Jungle, a comic-book jungle girl created by Italian author Enrico Teodorani[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pamela.
  2. ^ Pamela - name meaning and origin. thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
  3. ^ Pam.
  4. ^ Pamela of the jungle. digilander.libero.it.

[edit] See also

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