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Help[Opinions] Pamela
I just rediscovered Pamela :P I really like 50s names right now. Susan, Deborah, Marilyn, Pamela. Do you think it sounds dated? Do you know any Pamelas? (how old, middle name?). I kind of like Pammy but am not a fan of Pam. But I do wonder whether it could become popular because of Pam. After all it sounds a lot like the trendy Sam. Do you think it will rise in popularity (Pamela that is, nn Pam)? Does it make you think of Pamela Anderson? Would you pronounce it pah-MEE-la (I heard someone pronounce it that way) or PAM-meh-la?
WDYTO:
Pamela True
Pamela Eve
Pamela Pearl
Pamela Aviva
Daisy Pamela
which sibset sounds best:
Adelaida nn Ada and Pamela
Adelaida nn Ada and Susan
Adelaida nn Ada and Susannah
Estella and Pamela
Daisy and Pamela
Octavia and Pamela
Estella, Emmeline, Daisy, Susan and Pamela?
WDYTO:
Pamela True
Pamela Eve
Pamela Pearl
Pamela Aviva
Daisy Pamela
which sibset sounds best:
Adelaida nn Ada and Pamela
Adelaida nn Ada and Susan
Adelaida nn Ada and Susannah
Estella and Pamela
Daisy and Pamela
Octavia and Pamela
Estella, Emmeline, Daisy, Susan and Pamela?
This message was edited 11/18/2008, 2:02 PM
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I hated this name until I met a really wonderful person named Pamela. I still don't like the name, but it's grown on me a little because of her. I don't see it getting popular any time soon though.
The Pamela (pam-eh-la) I know is 24. She always goes by Pam. Her middle name is her mom's maiden name, so that's not too interesting.
The interesting thing about Pamela is that it lends itself to some great (fun) nicknames. I always think this is neat because nobody ever creates anything fun out of my name. Obviously you wouldn't go by one of these as your really name, but my friend gets Pammer, Pamcakes, Pameloons...
The Pamela (pam-eh-la) I know is 24. She always goes by Pam. Her middle name is her mom's maiden name, so that's not too interesting.
The interesting thing about Pamela is that it lends itself to some great (fun) nicknames. I always think this is neat because nobody ever creates anything fun out of my name. Obviously you wouldn't go by one of these as your really name, but my friend gets Pammer, Pamcakes, Pameloons...
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It's my youngest sister's name. She is Pamela Jill. She's forty-six years old now. She always goes by Pam. As a child it was Pammy, which just seemed to naturally shorten itself to Pam as she grew older.
The only other Pamela I've known was a friend's daughter, who was a child at the time I knew her, but would be twenty-three now. She was called Pamela and Pam about half and half. I don't remember her middle name.
I pronounce it PAM-meh-la. I like it, and think it was the best name my mother came up with. I think it stands more of a chance of coming back sooner than other fifties names.
The only other Pamela I've known was a friend's daughter, who was a child at the time I knew her, but would be twenty-three now. She was called Pamela and Pam about half and half. I don't remember her middle name.
I pronounce it PAM-meh-la. I like it, and think it was the best name my mother came up with. I think it stands more of a chance of coming back sooner than other fifties names.
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I don't see it becoming popular again any time soon, but it does have potential. I think Pamela (I pronounce it Pam-meh-La, as does everybody I ever heard say it) is very pretty. I have known several Pamelas, all of whom went by Pam. My husband's aunt is Pamela Sue (I think it's sue) and she is a teribly annoying person, but other than that I don't have any negative associations with the name. I rarely spare Pamela Anderson a second thought.
I don't like the nn Pam at all. Pam is what I spray my cookie sheets with, and I have to do it outside or it gets a fine greasy mist on things. lol Pammy sounds icky to me, like Kimmie or Jillie.
I don't like the nn Pam at all. Pam is what I spray my cookie sheets with, and I have to do it outside or it gets a fine greasy mist on things. lol Pammy sounds icky to me, like Kimmie or Jillie.
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I do find it a bit dated, but I like it. I would prn it PAM-eh-la, definitely not pa-MEE-la. I work with one in her 50s and I've known one in her 20s, so I have no problem seeing it on different ages. Cuts some of the datedness. I think that if it hasn't skyrocketed by now, it's not about to. It has no markers of trendyness that I can see.
Pamela Eve is nice.
I think the sibsets work.
Pamela Eve is nice.
I think the sibsets work.
This message was edited 11/18/2008, 2:10 PM
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I do think it sounds very dated and makes me think of Pamela Anderson. I've never heard it pronounced pah-MEE-lah, but where I live, it's often pronounced pah-ME-lah, which I even like a bit better than the English pronunciation.
I really don't like any of the combos. Pamela Pearl sounds like a porn star. The best is Pamela Eve or maybe Pamela Aviva I'd say.
The sibset that fits best is in my opinion Estella and Pamela. I'm not even sure why, it just seems the most pleasing.
I really don't like any of the combos. Pamela Pearl sounds like a porn star. The best is Pamela Eve or maybe Pamela Aviva I'd say.
The sibset that fits best is in my opinion Estella and Pamela. I'm not even sure why, it just seems the most pleasing.
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I think it's dated. I prn. it Pam-eh-la and everyone else I know does too.
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