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Help[Opinions] Pamela
I think this name is so adorable. Do you think it's ready to make a comeback? It has such s soft, sweet sound. Also Pammy is adorable. I just don't like Pam. Pammy reminds me of Penny, which I really like, but I dislike Penelope and am also not too fond of Peninnah. Pamela on the other hand is lovely and I think Pammy would be refreshing and sweet.
What about you? Still too dated?
What about you? Still too dated?
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I love Penelope and Phoebe and Persephone. But I've always hated Pamela and I don't know why. Oddly the first time I remember hearing the name Pamela was when my grandparents bought me a baby doll called Baby Pamela. It would talk and could move on its own. I just disliked that name the second I heard it so I renamed her Penny. I really liked Penny at the time because of the movie The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under. I always associated the names Pamela and Barbara together. I've never cared for the name Barbara either. I also think of the word Camel when I hear the name Pamela. I love old classic names but I'm not a fan of Maud or Pamela or Barbara or Esther or Ruth.
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I love the name Pamela, especially with the nn Pammy! A lot of people think it sounds dated, but I would totally use it anyway. It has such a pretty sound.
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I love the sound of it as well, but I dislike Pammy intensely. I'd far rather see Pam, which seems brisk and energetic whereas Pammy is flabby. If I used it, it would be as a mn.
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ham in a can? yuck, does that really exist?
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Well... I think it may have SOME ham mixed in w/ some other junk, but it's really nasty stuff.
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It still seems dated to me. I also really hate Pam and Pammy.
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Really? The Pams I know tend to be in their 30s and 40s.
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Pamela was most common in the 60s, so I guess most would be over 40 now, rather around 50. But it probably depends on where you live.
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I love Pamela in full, but I can't stand Pam or Pammy. I did spot one baby Pamela online somewhere called Mela/Mel, and I like that much more. Fear of Pammy or Pam, though, would probably keep me from considering the name.
There are a lot of names from Pamela's heyday that I love only in their full forms, without nicknames, such as Deborah, Judith, Cynthia, and Susan.
Names from the 40s, 50s, and 60s, including Pamela, are in the early stages of revival, imo, but do still feel dated.
There are a lot of names from Pamela's heyday that I love only in their full forms, without nicknames, such as Deborah, Judith, Cynthia, and Susan.
Names from the 40s, 50s, and 60s, including Pamela, are in the early stages of revival, imo, but do still feel dated.
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I like Deborah, too. Debbie is cute as well. I think they'll all make a comeback in a few years. Cynthia sounds the least dated, in my opinion.
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I like Deborah, but am not a fan of Debbie (If someone's going to shorten it, they may as well shorten it all the way to Deb)... Debbie has this image of either an ulra conservatively dressed bank teller or business woman or a beach bimbo that Jack and Larry would have gone for on Three's Company back in the day. Plus, I realize it's a symptom of living in a country still cleaning up after major natural disasters months after they happened, but I just realized a few min. ago that sound-wise, Debbie is only 1 letter-sound away from debris... which makes me think of picking through random stuff still lying around in Kamaishi 5 months after the tsunami and finding boots, household items, concrete, someone's hospital card, etc. (they're still finding occasional bodies and bones and such, but I didn't come across any of those)
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Ahhh I hate Deb :P Somehow I always like the sweet nn ending in an ee sound, but not the really short one. I like Pammy, but not Pam. Debbie, not Deb. Jennifer, not Jen. But usually I just prefer the full name anyway (Elizabeth etc).
Oh and I think Deb sounds really unattractive like the name of an old spinster, while Deborah sounds biblical and Debbie makes me think of a little girl. There's also young Disney star named either Debby or Debbie.
Oh and I think Deb sounds really unattractive like the name of an old spinster, while Deborah sounds biblical and Debbie makes me think of a little girl. There's also young Disney star named either Debby or Debbie.
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ic... y and ie nns for MOST (not all) fuller names sound EXTREMELY childish to me and I'm not a fan of them in most cases... Thus, calling adults Katie or Susie instead of either Kathleen (or other variation) or Susanna (or other version) ore even just Kate or Sue feels strange to me (Same with Billy or Bobby on men, though Billi or Bobbi on women don't bother me so much since the shorter versions would be confusing)... like I'm talking down to them or something even though I'm not... I usually prefer full names anyway. The exceptions to the ie nn thing for me tend to be certain nns where they're cross-gender nns that could be used on either gender... like Dani, Frankie, Bobbi, Robbi, Cori, Billi, Stevie (this one partially because it's a refreshing change from Stephanie), or Toni... the ones where you can't very well shorten it to its simplest form and still sound at all feminine. I like Ricki too, but it stands as a name on its own. The only spelling I can stand for Deborah's short form is Debi... and even that I have an aversion to. Otherwise, the nicknames like Joey, Kimmy, Susie, Lenny, Chrissy, Jenny, Davy, Becky, Johnny, etc. just sound like someone's trying to hold onto their childhood still when they're 30 or 50 and it strikes me as odd. Thus, unless the name is a full name in its own right and not just people being lazy and not using a/the full name, I'd have an aversion to that.
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Oh I agree, I'd never call my 30 year old daughter Pammy. Not Pam either, just Pamela. Pammy would be a childhood nickname for the early years. Or could be an affectionate nickname used from time to time.
I also have a nickname the ends in an ee sound, but it's only used every once in a while by close friends. I always introduce myself with my full name.
I also have a nickname the ends in an ee sound, but it's only used every once in a while by close friends. I always introduce myself with my full name.
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Oh, I find Pamela so honey-sweet and charming; also, Pammy is adorable. I wholeheartedly endorse it!
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I think Pamela could make a comeback. It is pretty cute. I know three Pamelas. One is in her 50s (which makes sense with the popularity chart) and two are in their 20s. I only know one of their full names: Pamela Kae - and she is still called her childhood nickname, Pammy Kae, by family. Pretty sweet, I think.
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Well, I like Pamela and Pam is ok, but am not a fan of Pammy. I don't know that many, so it wouldn't bother me... and it's not overused now... It doesn't FEEL old. My combo for it is Chieki (cheeAYkee) Pamela. I know a gal who named her daughter Meagan Pamela. (The mum's older sister is Pamela and goes by Pam)
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