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I hate Pam, it reminds me of a yuppie from the 1980s in a tennis skirt and white sweater around her shoulders.

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I love Pamela because it brings to mind the 1920s golden ages, ala Jay Gatsby. Lawn parties, big white hats, etc.

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Pamela Rose, Pamela Estelle, Pamela Eve - it needs something classic.

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I don't like Pam as a nickname. It is so plain. It is dated. It reminds me of Pamela Anderson or Pam on The Office. Pamela itself isn't so bad if the name weren't shortened to Pam. It also reminds me of the cooking spray.

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I just think of Pamela Anderson and that's not a good association.

Pamela
All I can think of is middle aged and plain when I hear this name...

I like it, it's sweet sounding and has a nice "shape" as well as an interesting meaning and history.

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Obvious association is the Richardson novel.

I don't like Pamela, but I have a fondness for Pam. Why, I don't know...maybe it's because Pam is younger and fresher than Pamela, which sounds dated.

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If you like it, you could always use it as a middle name.

Overall, I like Pamela. It's a dated name, in that it was popular in the fifties and sixties and it's not popular now, but it's one of the better dated names. Coined by a sixteenth century poet, the title of the first ever novel written in English--great literary associations. Old, classic, all that.

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It's my youngest sister's name, so that's my primary association. I've always that that it was the best of the five first names that my mom got to bestow. I think I would always prefer to have it as a first name....it seems too substantial to me to be a middle name.

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Now the downside---my sister is always called Pam, never Pamela. As a child she was called Pammy. I'm not nuts about those nicknames.

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I knew another Pamela, the daughter of a friend, who would be twenty-five now. She was only occasionally called Pam--usually she was called Pamela, so I don't think that the nickname is inevitable.

It's not one of my faves, but I like it. Has some good associations and some relatively neutral ones. One of my friends has a teenage daughter named Meagan (Megan?... I forget which sp. she chose) Pamela.

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Any of these work for ya? Can try them on both sides of the name.

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Renee　
Emerald
Adelaide
Heidi
Billi
Rosalie
Felicity
Verity
Symphony
Cori
Annabree
Ricki
Kelsey
Staci
Hailey
Harmony
Amity
Brielle　
Arielle
Janelle
Raquel　
Joelle　
Abigail
Noelle　
Rayael　
Laurel (prn. Laurelle)　
Mayim
Kathleen
Roxanne
Karlene
Jolene
Jasmine
Charleen
Trudene
Bronwyn
Jessilyn
Jocelyn
Joanne
Vivian
Joy
Esther
Amaryllis
Anneliese
Annette
Jeannette　
Elizabeth
Faith

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I've never warmed up to Pamela. In full, it sounds so snooty. OTOH, Pam just isn't enough, imo. It sounds so flat to me. I feel the same way about Cynthis / Cindy. They're also both dated to me.

I like how soft and watery it sounds. I don't know why exactly but the 'mel' in the middle always makes me think of water. It's very melodical.

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I do not like Pam though, so to avoid that I would only use it as a middle name, though I don't have any set combos so for fun I'll just make some up now. I have only known in real life one Pamela and she was a two at the time, she was South Korean. She would be about 10 now.

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Rose Pamela
Jane Pamela
Georgia Pamela / Georgina Pamela
Verity Pamela
Elizabeth Pamela
Harriet Pamela
Fay Pamela
Naomi Pamela
Lucy Pamela
Bernadette Pamela
Laura Pamela
Fiona Pamela
Grace Pamela
Tamsin Pamela

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I quite like it now!

I don't really like Pamela, bad association with Bold and the Beautiful for me... plus it makes me think of a snobby old lady, and even though i know that old lady was once a little girl, it seems horrible on a child :/

It has a pleasant and fairly elegant sound, although not so much if it turns into Pammy. Richardson's Pamela is a bad association and so is Pamela Anderson, but then I suppose there's Pamela Stephenson and the quiet Mitford sister, and none of the associations are strong enough to make it unusable, imo. I have an aunt Pamela who's 60-something (Pamela Frances). I've never met one under 60, but I don't see why it wouldn't be fine on a child now.

Pamela would be a nice middle name
or first it is a an older name I myself went to school with a Pamela who we called Pam (Which was an odd name amoung all the Jennifer's Jessica's Nicole's and Amy's)
Pamala Adara
Pamela Anne
Pamela Blaire
Pamela Danielle
Pamela Elizabeth

This message was edited 9/8/2010, 3:14 AM