Pamela

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

The English poet Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) invented the name for his novel 'The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia'.

One theory is that he intended it to derive from Greek pan = 'all' and Greek meli = 'honey' or melas = 'black'

Related Names

     
Pam ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Pamela ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

18 September

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[1] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 1001 1505 0 0
Denmark Denmark[2] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 125 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[3] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 53 161 0 0
Finland Finland[4] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 542 n.a 2
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[1][2][3][4]:Name statistics for Pamela(f)


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  2. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  4. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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