Pamela

Invented by Sir Philip Sidney for his pastoral poem The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (c 1593). Seemingly created from scratch; some imagine an analysis as Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs, “all”) + μέλι (méli, “honey”) but there is no evidence that this was intended.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæmələ/

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Pamela

1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
   • 1773, Henry Fielding, The History and Adventures of Joseph Andrews, page 259:

     They lived about thirty miles from the Squire; and she told me, that I might be sure to find her out by one circumstance; for that they had a daughter with a very strange name, Pamĕla, or Pamēla; some pronounced it one way, and some the other.

   • 1786, Samuel Richardson, Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, page 416:

     - But, Pamela, did you say? - A queer sort of name! - I've heard of it somewhere! - Is it a Christian or a Pagan name? - Linsey-woolsey - half one, half t'other - like thy girl - Ha, ha, ha.'

• Pam, Pammy, Pammie, Pamela hat

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Pamela

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Borrowed from English Pamela.

• IPA^(key): /paˈmɛ.la/

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• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: Pa‧me‧la

Pamela f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Pamela

• Pamela in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from English Pamela.

• IPA^(key): /paˈmela/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: Pa‧me‧la

Pamela f

1. a female given name