Pamela Pronunciation /ˈ p æ m əl ə PAM -ə-ləGender Female Origin Word/name unknown Region of origin England , 16th centuryOther names Related names Pam
Pamela is afeminine given name , often abbreviated toPam .[ 1] surname .[ 2]
SirPhilip Sidney invented the name Pamela for a pivotal character in his epic prose work,The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia pan ("all") and μέλιmeli ("honey"),[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
TheSamuel Richardson novelPamela /p ə ˈ m iː l ə pə-MEE -lə /ˈ p æ m əl ə PAM -ə-lə[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Pamela was very popular in Great Britain from the 1930s through the 1950s with the tallies of the most popular names for British newborn girls for the respective years 1934, 1944 and 1954 ranking Pamela at respectively No. 20, No. 17 and No. 24. Evidently less popular from the 1960s—being ranked on the respective 1964 tally at No. 67—the name Pamela has grown increasingly unfashionable in recent years.[ 8] Anglosphere from the 1940s through the mid-1970s. For instance, it was among the one hundred most used names for girls in the United States between 1943 and 1976 and remained among the one thousand most used names for American girls until 2011. It has since declined in use.[ 9]
People with the name or its variants include:
Pamela Adlon (née Segall), American actress, writer and directorPamela Anderson , Canadian-American actress, model and media personalityPamela Bach (1963–2025), American actressPamela Barnes (1937–1975), New Zealand artistPamela Bellwood , American actressPamela J. Bjorkman , American biochemist and molecular biologistPamela Bondi (born 1965), Attorney General of the United StatesPamella Bordes , Indian choreographer and modelPamela Indah Bowie [id ] , Indonesian actressPamela Branch , British crime novelistPamela Britton , American actress and singerPamela Brown , multiple peoplePamela Brooks , British writerPamela Bustin , American field hockey player-coachPamela Butchart , Scottish children's authorPamela Carruthers , British showjumper, and showjumping course designerPamela Brewington Cashwell , American politicianPamela Chopra , Indian playback singer and film producerPamela Clabburn , British museum curator and writerPamela Copus , American musical artistPamela Courson , long-term companion of Jim MorrisonPamela Kyle Crossley , historianPamela Crowe , Manx politicianPamela Cundell , British actressPamela Dean , American fantasy authorPamela Des Barres (born Pamela Ann Miller), American rock and roll groupie, writer, musician, and actressPamela Duncan (novelist) , American novelistPamela Duncan (actress) , American actressPamelyn Ferdin (or "Pamela Lynn") , child actress, animal rights activistPamela Fitzgerald (disambiguation) , multiple peoplePamela Frank , American musicianPamela Frankau , English novelistPamela Franklin , British actressPamela Gay , American astronomerPamela Geller , American anti-Muslim, far-right political activist, blogger and commentatorPamela Gemin , American writer and academicPamela Gidley , American actress and modelPamela Gorkin , American mathematicianPamela Green , English model and actressPamela Green (DJ) , American hip hop girl group formed in 1985Pamela Gordon (actress) , American actressPamela Gordon (politician) , Bermudian politicianPamela Anne Gordon , Canadian modelPamela Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere , British viscountessPamela Harriman , American diplomatPamela Hayden , American actressPamela Healy , American sailorPamela Hensley , American actress and authorLady Pamela Hicks , British aristocrat and relative of the British royal familyPamela Isaacs , American singer and actressPamela Jelimo , Kenyan middle distance runnerPamela Hansford Johnson , English writer and criticPamela Jones , computer law scholarPamela Joyner (born 1957/58), American art collectorPamela S. Karlan , American legal scholarPamela Katz , American screenwriter and novelistPamela M. Kilmartin , New Zealand astronomerPamela Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners , British parliamentarianPamela Klassen , scholar of religionPamela Knaack , German actressPamela Kunz , American oncologistPamela Kurrell , American discus throwerPamela Levy , Israeli artistPamela London , Guyanese boxerPamela Martin (disambiguation) , multiple peoplePamela Sue Martin , American actressPamela Melroy , American astronautPamela Merritt , American writer and reproductive justice activistPamela Morris , English publisher and teacherPamela Munro , American linguistPamela O'Malley , Irish-Spanish bohemian, educationalist and radicalPamela Pasinetti (born 1993), Thai-Italian model and beauty pageant titleholderPamela Payton-Wright , American actressPamela Rabe , Canadian actressPamela Rai (born 1966), Canadian swimmerPamela Rambo , coloristPamela Ramljak , Hungarian musical artistPamela C. Rasmussen , American ornithologistPamela Reed , American actressPamela Ribon , American screenwriter, author, blogger and actressPamela Rooks , Indian film director and screenwriterPamela Salem , British actressPamela Samuelson , American lawyer and professorPamela Sargent , American feminist, science fiction author, and editorPamela Noutcho Sawa , Cameroonian-Italian boxerPamela Sharples , British politicianPamela Susan Shoop , American actress and writerPamela Silver , American biologistPamela Smart , American criminalPamela A. Smith (born 1968), U.S. police chiefPamela Colman Smith , British artist, illustrator, writer, publisher, and occultistPamela Safitri [id ] , Indonesian actressPamela Jayne Soles (born 1950), American actress, commonly known as P. J. SolesPamela Spence , Turkish actress and singerPamela Spitzmueller (1950–2025), American conservator and book artistPamela Springsteen , American actress and photographerPamela Stein , American modelPamela Stephenson , New Zealand-born psychologist, writer, actress and comedianPamela Veuleman Trammell , American historian and clubwomanPamela Tiffin , American actress and modelPamela Lyndon "P. L." Travers , Australian-British writerPamela Rogers Turner (born 1977), teacher and child rapistPamela Vitale , American murdererPamela Wallin , Canadian politicianPamela Willeford , American AmbassadorPamela Williams , American musicianPamela Rouse Wright , American philanthropist, clubwoman, businesswoman, and jewelry designerPamela Wynne , British writerPamela Zoline , American writer and painterFictional characters [ edit ] Pamela, one of the Thea Sisters inThea Stilton UrsulaPamela Buffay,Phoebe Buffay 's twin sister in NBC sitcomFriends Pamela Andrews, heroine of Samuel Richardson's novelPamela, or Virtue Rewarded Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley orPoison Ivy , character inDC Comics andenemy ofBatman Pamela Voorhees , in theFriday the 13th Pamela Barnes Ewing , in TV seriesDallas Pamela, one of the main characters of the 1987 Mexican sitcom television series¡Ah qué Kiko! Pamela Abbott, one of the Abbott sisters in the movie,Inventing the Abbotts Pamela Douglas , from soap operaThe Bold and the Beautiful Pamela Ibis, a recurring character from theAtelier series Pamela Moran , a main character inArmy Wives Pamela Byrnes (later Focker), a main character in theMeet the Parents Pamela Beesly , from the sitcomThe Office Pamela Swynford De Beaufort , from the HBO TV series,True Blood ^ "Pam" .Behind the Name .^a b "Pamela – name meaning and origin" .Think Baby Names . thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved2008-03-24 .^ "Pamela" .Behind the Name .^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006).A Dictionary of First Names . Oxford University Press. ^ Norman, Teresa (2003).A World of Baby Names 141 .ISBN 0-399-52894-6 ^ Lorenz, Brenna (September 1989) [9],"Origins of Original Given Names from the Southern United States" ,Names: A Journal of Onomastics ,37 (3):201– 230 ^ Charbonneau, Karen (March 17, 2023).American Baby Girl Names: 1587-1920s . Post Falls, Idaho: A Ship's Cat Book. p. 788.ASIN B0BYTTGH3L . ^ "Top 100 Drop Outs: Where are they now?" . British Baby Names.^ "Beyond the Top 1000 Names" .www.ssa.gov . United States Social Security Administration. 7 May 2022. Retrieved7 July 2022 .Name list
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