Where did the name Pam come from?

Answer 1

Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sidney invented the name for his Arcadia, a late sixteenth-century masterwork. Sidney was probably inspired by the Greek words meli - honey - and pan -

Pamela picked up more literary gloss in Samuel Richardson's 1740 novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded. Can you guess the plot? She's a beautiful servant girl who resists the advances of her employer. Eventually, he decides she's such a paragon of virtue that he rewards her with marriage - and since Pamela has been secretly falling for him all along, she happily accepts.

Answer 2

PAMELA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

This name was invented in the late 16th century by the poet Sir Philip Sidney for use in his poem 'Arcadia'. He possibly intended it to mean "all sweetness" from Greek παν (pan) "all" and μελι (meli) "honey". It was later employed by author Samuel Richardson for the heroine in his novel 'Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded' (1740), after which time it became used as a given name. It did not become popular until the 20th century.

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