Pamela (name)

Pamela is a female first name, invented in the 16th century by the poet Sir Philip Sidney in his pastoral romance Arcadia. Maybe he used the name from the Greek words pan παν, all very ' and μελι meli, honey ' or pan, whole, everything ' and melas, black' together.

He was made mid 18th century by the epistolary novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by the English writer Samuel Richardson.

The name is widely used in the English language, but also pronounced German, with emphasis on the e, in the German language more popular.

The name day is 16 February.

Variants

  • Pam (English)
  • Pamelita ( Spanish)
  • Pamelka, Pelka ( Polish)

Famous names winners

  • Pamela Anderson ( born 1967), Canadian actress and pin-up girl
  • Pamela Bach ( born 1963 ), American film actress
  • Pamela Behr ( b. 1956 ), German ski racer
  • Pam Fletcher ( born 1963 ), American alpine skier
  • Pam Grier ( b. 1949 ), American actress
  • Pamela Large (* 1977), German television presenter and actress
  • Pamela Sue Martin (born 1954 ), American actress
  • Pamela Reed ( born 1949 ), American actress
  • Pam Ryan ( born 1939 ), Australian athlete
  • Pam Tillis ( born 1959 ), American singer
  • Pamela Lyndon Travers (1899-1996), Australian writer
  • Pamela Wedekind (1906-1986), actress and chanteuse
  • Pamela Zoellner (* 1977), German speed skater
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