Pamela is a girl's name of English origin meaning “all and honey.” In 2024 it was given to 88 girls in the United States.
Pamela belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “all and honey” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Pamela first appears in Social Security records in 1895. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #10 in 1953, and in 2024 88 babies received the name — 594,992 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Pamela means “all and honey” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Pamela is a girl name. In 2024, 88 babies received the name in the US.
Pamela comes from the English & American tradition.
Pamela first appears in US records in 1895. Its best-ever ranking was #10 in 1953, and 88 babies were given the name in 2024.
Pamela is pronounced /ˈpæmələ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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