Pam - Origin and Meaning of the name

The girl name Pam [ 1 syll. pam, pa-m ] is pronounced as PAEM ^KEY. Pam is used predominantly in the English, German, and Italian languages. Its origin is Old Greek. Pam is a short form of the name Pamela (English, German, and Italian).

Pam is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1959 with 0.177% of baby girls being given the name Pam. It had a ranking of #125 then. The baby name has steeply declined in popularity since then, and is currently of sporadic use. In 2007, among the family of girl names directly linked to Pam, Pamela (English, German, and Italian) was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Pam include Pen (English), Pammy (English), Panni (Hungarian), Pennie (English), Penny (English), and Pina (German and Italian).

^KEY: Pronunciation for Pam: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"

A famous person named Pam is Pam Grier, Actress, born 26 May 1949, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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