Pamala

Meaning of Pamala

Pamala, a female given name, constitutes an orthographic variant of Pamela, whose literary provenance dates to Sir Philip Sidney’s late-sixteenth-century pastoral epic The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia. Etymologically linked to the Greek pan (“all”) and mēl (“honey”), this variant diverges through the deliberate omission of a consonantal element, yet preserves the intrinsic denotation of “all sweetness.” Quantitative demographic data from the United States reveal that Pamala attained its highest registered popularity during the 1950s—reaching rank 463 in 1954—before entering a protracted phase of decline to position 893 by 2001, an arc that reflects broader shifts in naming fashions. In both British and American English phonology, it is rendered as puh-MAH-luh, and its continuity within Anglo-American anthroponymy underscores a measured balance between literary pedigree and modern distinctiveness.

Pronunciation

British English

• Pronunced as puh-MAH-luh (/pəˈmɑːlə/)

American English

• Pronunced as puh-MAH-luh (/pəˈmɑlə/)

• Pamela
• Pamella
• Pamelia
• Pammela